Duration: 5 modules, 8 days
Program locations and languages: Zagreb (Croatian) and Wiesbaden / Frankfurt / Stuttgart (English)

1. MODUL ESSENTIALS OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLLING                                                                                                                                                                              

      DAY 1, Zagreb

  • House of Innovation
  • The goals of innovation management and controlling
  • Organization, processes, instruments and function of innovation management and controlling
  • Innovation Performance Measurement & Scorecards
  • BUSINESS CASE: Linking business and innovation strategy

      DAY 2, Zagreb

  • Innovation culture
  • Idea generation
  • Product and-service development
  • Marketing of innovation
  • BUSINESS CASE: Design Thinking

2. MODUL NEW TECHNIQUES OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLLING

      DAY 1, Zagreb

  • The VUKA world - definition and challenges
  • Open Innnovations
  • Digitization and digital transformation
  • Disruptive business models
  • BUSINESS CASE: The Business Model Canvas

      DAY 2, Zagreb

  • Agility
  • Scrum
  • Lego Games
  • BUSINESS CASE: Application of creative techniques in practice

3. MODUL REAL CASES OF SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLLING                                                                                                                                                                                     

      DAY 1, Wiesbaden / Frankfurt

  • Content, tasks and status quo of innovation management and controlling
  • Innovation success measurement
  • Innovation and R&D management with KPIs
  • Group work: KPIs development, evaluation and selection
  • REAL CASE: MERCEDES-BENZ (Guest presentation)

      DAY 2, Wiesbaden / Frankfurt

  • Innovation portfolio: prioritization of projects
  • Innovation process: selection & evaluation of ideas
  • Instruments for successfully controlling the fuzzy front end
  • REAL CASE: SIEMENS (Guest presentation)

4. MODUL BUSINESS VISIT TO 2 SUCCESSFUL AND INNOVATIVE GERMAN COMPANIES

      Stuttgart

5. MODUL INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLLING - CERTIFICATION

      Zagreb

 

Note: participation fee for the program includes lectures, presentation materials, lunches, breaks, travel expenses from Wiesbaden / Frankfurt to Stuttgart and back as well as international certification in Zagreb (EBS, SITE, Business Effectiveness).