INN3026 Project Management in Innovation Processes

    • Number of credits
      7,5
    • Teaching semester
      2026 Spring
    • Language of instruction
      English
    • Campus
      Lillehammer
    • Required prerequisite knowledge

      Recommended: Introductory course in project management, organizational theory and innovation

Course content

This course deals with project management as a way of organizing and managing processes in general and, more specifically, as an instrument or agent for innovation.

Specific topics dealt with include:

  • Types, sources and models of project management
  • Project management in organizations as an instrument for innovation
  • Organizing for innovation processes using projects, the relation between temporary and permanent organization
  • Leading projects and working with project teams
  • Learning and developing competence during a project
  • The complexity regarding projects in ways of organizing and managing
  • Collaborating and building trust in projects

Learning Outcome

Upon passing the course, students have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The student

  • has a thorough knowledge of the concepts of project management
  • has a thorough understanding of the fundamental elements of project-organized innovation processes
  • has a thorough knowledge of how to organize and facilitate innovation processes as a project in organizations
  • has a thorough understanding of opportunities and barriers in project management
Skills

The student

  • can discuss varieties of project management theories
  • can identify and analyze project management theories and relate them to practical cases and issues
  • can work in project teams in innovation processes
General competence

The student

  • can participate as a team member or as a project manager in projects focusing on innovation
  • can review relevant literature, critique and debate vital theoretical concepts and apply these in practice in projects
Teaching and working methods

Discussion-based lectures, case study seminars, and cases illustrating the theory are also used.

Students are expected to attend weekly classes on campus and participate actively in the classes.

The expected workload in the course is 187,5-225 hours (according to ECTS standards). 

Required coursework
  • Mandatory attendance at case study seminars.
  • Oral presentations and written assignments related to the case study seminars in groups of 3-6 students.
Form of assessment

Two-day individual home exam. The exam must be written in English.

Assessments
Form of assessmentGrading scaleGroupingDuration of assessmentSupport materialsProportionComment
Home exam
ECTS - A-F
Individual
2 Day(s)
  • No support materials
100

Reading list

Faculty
Inland School of Business and Social Sciences
Department
Department of Organisation, Leadership and Management