Innovation and Leadership (Please note: This is a separate course only for students from Ukraine via the FAU Help Programm)

The students
• will understand and explore the theories and practicalities of leadership in open innovation contexts.

• will gain knowledge on leading and communicating innovation and translate it in leadership behavior in real case contexts. Will learn to assess, reflect and feedback the impact of practical leadership for innovation

For Students from Ukraine: Welcome! We are happy about  your participation in this course. Please note that the assessment of the course may have to be arranged separately to the other students. You will be informed about this in good time in the forum (only if available in the course!) / by e-mail.

Creating a sustainable innovative environment is a leadership task. In order to succeed at this task, leaders must develop innovative abilities to deal with the challenges inherent in a business environment characterized by fluid, unstructured and changing information. The aim of this course is to get an overview of how to structure leadership systems towards innovation, how leaders can motivate to foster innovative thinking and what new forms of innovation (e.g. open innovation) mean for the definition of leadership.