Strategy and Innovation Management
Advanced Courses a.y. 2024/2025
Enrolments
From 16/12/2024 to 20/01/2025
About Advanced Courses
Advanced Courses are designed to deepen students’ understanding of topics deemed particularly significant and relevant to disseminate scientific knowledge, thus improving the skills acquired with the academic curriculum.
To enrol in an Advanced Course, you must have a Bachelor's degree.
Advanced Courses consist of two or three modules of 6 ECTS each. By passing all the exams, you will get a certification and an Open Badge. If you do not pass all the exams, you will only receive a certificate for the exams you have taken.
Furthermore, the Advanced Course can be recognised in the elective course section of your Master’s degree.
Recipients and credits recognition
The Advanced Course is offered free of charge to Ca’ Foscari postgraduate and PhD students. It is possible to enrol also as an external user, provided they possess a Bachelor’s Degree.
Postgraduate students must meet the following criteria:
- Students enrolled in the first year of the Master’s programme: minimum grade 105/110
- Students enrolled in the second year of the Master’s programme: the average mark of the credits acquired must not be lower than 27/30.
If you are a postgraduate student at Ca’ Foscari, the Advanced Course can be recognised in the elective course section of your study plan.
Goals
The Advanced Course in Strategy and Innovation Management focuses on topics at the frontier of research in Strategic Management Theory and Technology and Innovation Management studies.
Students are introduced to some of the main theories in Strategic Management that seek to explain, through strategic analysis, the differences in performance between organisations. The Course provides an advanced understanding of innovation dynamics and advanced analytical tools to understand the role of innovation and technology management (and related organisational levers) in explaining performance gaps between companies, non-profit organisations, public institutions, etc.
Skills
Students will acquire the fundamentals of the disciplines and the ability to critically analyse problems and issues of scientific and practical relevance in relation to the analysis of organisations' strategic decisions and the dynamics of technological innovation, both with respect to the environment outside the organisation and the processes within the organisation.
The Advanced Course offers content and knowledge that, although developed in the field of management, is also relevant for students from other fields. Both 'STEM' and 'humanities' professionals are increasingly involved in the development of projects in the public and private sectors, where expertise on how to deal with strategic and innovation choices, as well as on organisational methods aimed at ensuring that the development and introduction of new products and technologies are maximised, may be essential.
Teaching methods
Students are encouraged to develop their personal considerations on theories, practices and events through innovative and highly interactive teaching approaches. Teaching methods include traditional lectures and in-class guided discussions on theoretical papers presenting recent developments in empirical research. The Course is also intended as an introduction to experiment design. The final assessment is based on an active learning approach whereby each student is required to submit a draft of an research project, which may be presented as a thesis proposal, on a topic chosen in agreement with the professor.
Language
English
Coordinators
Prof. Francesco Rullani
Prof. Francesco Zirpoli
Modules of the Advanced Course
Academic year 2024/2025
Curriculum PERCORSO COMUNE (Students enrolled till 2024)
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| Course | Subdiv. | Period | University credits | Professor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT THEORY [HM0401] | 3rd Term | 6 | RULLANI Francesco | |
| TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT [HM0402] | 3rd Term | 6 | ZIRPOLI Francesco |
Enrolment
Enrolment procedure will be available from 16/12/2024 to 20/01/2025 through the registration link that will be published on this page. For further information on the procedure, please consult the enrolment guide.
At the end of the enrolment period, students who have applied will receive confirmation via email. Applicants will be notified via email if the Advanced Course is not activated.
Number of participants
Lessons will be carried out with at least ten participants.
This Advanced Course is offered to a maximum of 15 students: admission will follow the chronological order. Enrolments received after the maximum number has been reached will be taken into consideration only in the event of withdrawal by some admitted candidates, following the chronological order.
Type of recipients and rates
Ca’ Foscari Master's degree or PhD students
Advanced Courses are free of charge for all students enroled in a Master's degree or a PhD programme at Ca' Foscari. Before enroling you must have finalized your enrolment in your Master’s degree or PhD programme, otherwise you will be charged a 496 euros fee (480 euros + 16 euros duty stamp).
External users
External users, not enroled at Ca’ Foscari postgraduate nor PhD programmes, can enrol in the Advanced Course with a charge of 496 euro (480 euro + 16 euro duty stamp).
If you are a student at another university, the fee is reduced to 336 euros (320 euros + 16 euros duty stamp). At the end of the enrolment process, stop before the payment and open a ticket at www.unive.it/faqsforstudents in order to get in touch with the Enrolment unit. Ca’ Foscari staff will contact you to explain how to get the reduction on the enrolment fee.
Attendance and exams
Enrolment lasts one year. It is mandatory to attend all the modules in the same year and take all the exams in the four exam sessions available.
Attendance is mandatory. Students who have more than 30% absence will not be admitted to the final exam.
You will not be allowed to complete the Advanced Course programme the following academic year: the last session available to take exams is January. The exam grades don’t average.
By passing all the exams, you will get a certification from your personal area and an Open Badge. If you fail one or more exams in your Advanced Course, you will still be entitled to receive the certification for the exams you passed, (if you are enroled in a Ca’ Foscari Master’s degree programme, the credits will not be recognised in the elective course section).
Withdrawal
Withdrawing from Advanced Course is possible: filling the withdrawal form, you must attach the receipt of the online payment of the duty stamp (16 euros). You can find the withdrawal form within the FAQs. Please, be aware that enroling again after the withdrawal will be at your expense.