ECQA Certified Innovation Manager

Innovation management is an important basis for successful development of business or research strategies based on core competence. The training course targets innovation managers who are responsible to transfer ideas into innovation, new businesses, strategies or products.

COURSE CONTENT

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The training course covers 20 modular learning elements in five units:

Basic Understanding of Innovation Management
o Core Competencies and Customer Relationship Management
o Innovation and EU Policies Know-how
o Introducing Innovation Management Principles
o Knowledge Management Competences
o Market Research Skills
o Regional Innovation Strategies Involvement
o Human Force Skills Management

Communication Skills
o e-Challenges in Innovation
o Innovation Skills for Reporting & Presentation Skills

Management Skills
o Corporate Wide Innovation Management
o Innovation Aspects in Project Management
o Innovation Process Management Process

Establishment of Team-learning and Teamworking
o Cross Cultural Success Factors
o Conflict Management
o Motivation Building
o Innovation Aspects in Team Communication
o Innovation Skills for Distributed Team Management

Fostering Personal Skills
o Cross Cultural Skills
o Knowledge about Personal Characteristics
o Learning Culture Establishment

Step 1 - Identify Core Competence

A core competence is a field of knowledge of the company
- where you define your “key” competence
- and where you are stronger or different than the competition

As a first step within the course, you will elaborate an architecture which illustrates the core competencies of your organization or if you do not work with an organization yet, you will elaborate your own personal core competences.

Step 2 - Identify Key Customers Segments and Key Customers

Customer Relationship Management is a key issue in innovation management, as most innovation and development projects are not handled within the organization alone, but in collaboration with teams from other organizations or from abroad. As soon as an organization has identified the core competences, it is important to find out which customers most dynamically contribute ideas to this core competence.

A key collaboration partner
- Is a (potential) customer or also a competitor
- Has the capability to influence learning processes and creation of knowedge either on personal /
organisational level
- Is a potential partner for collaboration partnerships to create new products or services

Step 3 - Team Management

Innovation Management is only successful if the roles and responsibilities within the collaborating teams are defined clearly. Team management also refers to collaboration with distributed teams often placed in other locations or countrires.

Further steps

The training participants will apply the other competence areas for their own organization. In addition, best practice examples will be proposed.

TARGET GROUP

Project managers, business managers, researchers, innovation experts, technology transfer experts, IT providers

DURATION AND FORMS OF TRAINING

The training course is available either as a 3-days training or as a 5-days extended version including practical exercises to develop innovation management, core competences and strategic thinking for your own organisation our yourself. Training courses are available either as

• Training courses (up to 12 participants)
• In-house group training or
• Online training seminar

CERTIFICATION

Certificate: »ECQA Certified Innovation Manager«

Participants of the seminar will have the possibility to take an exam and obtain the »ECQA Certified Innovation Manager« certificate. Registrations for the exam are optional.

Participants who perform a test (based on a European test questions pool) and pass learning elements will achieve a certificate. The certificate will be issued by the European Certification and Qualification Association (ECQA) now involving partners from 18 EU countries.

The course program bases on the principles of the EQF – European Qualification Framework. The course bases on learning modules and for each learning module credits can be achieved. These learning modules can be attended in different countries.

It is also possible to receive certificates for single modules (modular system) as well as per day attendance for selected days.

TRAINER

Mag. Andrea Fenz, Skills International GmbH

Director of Skills International GmbH, Austria and Skills International L.L.C., Kosovo.

APS – European Programmes for Technologies and Training, Director and Project Coordinator (1995 - March 2009)

Key qualifications:

• EU Innovation Relay Centre Austria for international technology transfer: Partner for Southern Austria in collaboration with FFG (1995 – 2008)
• Regional Contact Point 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Framework Programme on behalf of Austrian Ministry of Science and Research, Austrian Ministry of Economy, Regional Government of Styria and Chamber of Commerce Carinthia in collaboration with FFG  (1995 – 2008)
• National Contact Point NCP Austria for the 6th EU Framework Programme, IST Programme (Information Society Technologies)
• Regional Contact Point for EU Educational Programme LEONARDO DA VINCI
  (2000 – 2004) in collaboration with National Agency Austria
  
• Co-ordinator of EU mobility projects in ERASMUS and LEONARDO DA VINCI
  (2000 – 2008)
• Coordinator of the Austrian task force EU Lobbying for the 7th Framework Programme (2008)
• Coordinator of Job Role Committee for the ManagEUr Training – Certified European Project Manager in the European Certification and Qualification Association (ECQA)
• Certified trainer for ECQA Certified EU Project Manager courses
• Certified trainer for ECQA Certified Innovation Manager courses
• Trainer for EU proposal writing
• Evaluator for ÖAD – Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research, Lifelong Learning Program, Vienna
• Listed as commercial consulter for FP7 with FFG/EIP, Vienna, Austria
• Collaboration with Agency for European Integration and Economic Development (AEI, Vienna)

Coordinator or partner in the following EU projects with APS or Skills International GmbH

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