Universidad de Jaén

• Quality and innovation for competitiveness.
• Quality systems.Concepts and requirements.
• Quality management tools.
• Quality standardisation and certification.
• Advanced quality management models.
• Technological innovation in organisations.
• Strategy for the protection and diffusion of innovation.
• Technology, strategy, and structure.
• Tools for innovation management.
• Quality management and innovation in Spanish companies.

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Chapter 1. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

1.Introduction
2.Technological innovation
3. Technological innovation in the organisation
4. Innovation as a source of competitiveness in the company
5. Towards a new paradigm of technological innovation

Chapter 2. TECHNOLOGY AS A STRATEGIC RESOURCE

1.Introduction
2. Concept of technology
3. The need to control the technological resource in the organisation.
4. Types of technologies and their importance in the organisation
5. Planning the change of technology

Chapter 3. STRATEGIES FOR THE PROTECTION AND EXPLOITATION OF INNOVATION

1. Introduction
2. Industrial property and intellectual property
3. Different forms of technology protection
4. Industrial property
5. Copyrights
6. International treaties and patent offices
7. Protection and its relationship with new technologies

  Chapter 4. TOOLS FOR INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

1. Introduction
2. Surveillance and technological foresight
3. Knowledge management
4. Creativity
5. Technological cooperation

Chapter 5. COMPETITIVENESS IN THE COMPANY

1. Introduction
2. What is competitiveness?
3. Productivity and competitiveness
4. How is competitiveness measured?
5. Competitive factors
6. Innovation and competitiveness

Chapter 6. QUALITY MANAGEMENT

1. Quality and innovation for competitiveness
2. Quality systems. Concepts and fundamentals
3. Quality management tools
4. Quality standardisation and certification
5. Advanced quality management models

DETAILED INFORMATION:

The course is divided into two related parts: theory and practice. The primary method of teaching the theory will be master lectures that include tasks, resolution of doubts, and debates in which the students' involvement will be assessed. Additionally, cases involving individuals or groups will be handled in the practical section.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

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