Managing New Ventures for Global GrowthLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The objective of the course is to enhance your capacity to assess the human resource needs of a new venture, identify personal strengths and weaknesses and highlight the importance of forming a well-rounded venture building team, as well as how to lead and manage new ventures. You are able to manage the innovation process and identify new business opportunities on the international market.

Content

Building a new team. Leading new ventures.

Qualifications

Global Marketing and Sales

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1 (Sufficient): You know the innovation process.
2 (Satisfactory): You know the innovation process. You are able to identify personal strengths and weaknesses and highlight the importance of forming a well-rounded venture building team.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3 (Good): You are able to form a well-rounded venture building team, and you know how to lead and manage new ventures.
4 (Very good): You are able to form a well-rounded venture building team and to lead and manage new ventures.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

You are able to manage the innovation process and identify new business opportunities on the international market.

Materials

Christensen, M. (1997) Innovator's Dilemma.
Christensen, M. and Raynor, M.E. (2013) Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth.
Start-Up Genome Report (latest online version)
Start-Up genome report on Premature scaling (latest online version)