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FASS5001: Innovation: Past, Present, Future
2024 unit information
This unit critically considers concepts of innovation, their evolution and benefits. Divided into 3 sections, it examines great innovations in thought and practice in the past and what determined success or failure then turns to the present and the future to explore the frameworks and policies that make innovation possible.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Arts and Social Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate the contemporary literature on innovation
- LO2. recognise the role of innovation in the contemporary workplace
- LO3. develop an appreciation of the different forms innovation can take
- LO4. understand the impact of innovation and policies related to innovation
- LO5. develop an awareness of issues associated with managing innovation.
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