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Innowacje a kształcenie menedżerów w uczelniach technicznych
Innovation and the Education of Managers in Technical Universities

Author(s): Rafał Miśko, Małgorzata Pol
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Higher Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: innovation; manager; technical universities; education

Summary/Abstract: The authors of the study undertook to answer the following questions: How many hours do innovationcourses for future managers in technical universities take? What topics are covered during those courses?Do universities emphasize the implementation of postulates reported in the literature? Do the universitiesthat excel at the patents granted also offer the largest number of classes on innovation? The analysisshows that the vast majority of the technical universities studied, provide for an educational programin the field of innovation. According to the authors, the proposed didactic material does not guaranteethe student – the future manager, any training as regards the skills of creative thinking, the ability toinfluence people or adaptation in turbulent organizational conditions. Technical universities should proposeat least two courses: one in the field of innovation management and the other in the field of inventics.

  • Issue Year: 16/2018
  • Issue No: 4 (77)
  • Page Range: 27-42
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English, Polish