Abstract
Today innovation is essential in any country that aims to increase its economic
growth and the welfare of its population. Therefore, organizations need to innovate
and provide meaningful solutions to their customers to succeed in an ever-changing
business ecosystem. It implies that their collaborators must be capable to manage
and implement innovation. Consequently, engineering schools are facing the
challenge to provide capable engineers in this matter to the job market to satisfy
organizations and society needs. Motivated by the need to develop in engineering
students the capability to lead and perform innovation successfully, it is critical to
understand how to perform the teaching process in a way to ensure proficiency in
innovation at the end of the study programs. A project was started to understand
which methodologies support the development of competencies associated with the
probability to produce innovations. Based on the literature and the innovation track
curriculum, three competencies were chosen to be assessed; critical thinking,
teamwork, and communication. After implementing the first course of the innovation
track several difficulties were found. The teachings staff set a group of actions to
close the detected gaps. In order to implement them, it was recognized the need to
develop an application to gather and centralize the information obtained from the
assessment process.
The main characteristics of this application are described, and its benefits are
discussed. This application will enable engineering schools to establish a databased
decision-making process to implement a continuous improvement philosophy
in the organization.
growth and the welfare of its population. Therefore, organizations need to innovate
and provide meaningful solutions to their customers to succeed in an ever-changing
business ecosystem. It implies that their collaborators must be capable to manage
and implement innovation. Consequently, engineering schools are facing the
challenge to provide capable engineers in this matter to the job market to satisfy
organizations and society needs. Motivated by the need to develop in engineering
students the capability to lead and perform innovation successfully, it is critical to
understand how to perform the teaching process in a way to ensure proficiency in
innovation at the end of the study programs. A project was started to understand
which methodologies support the development of competencies associated with the
probability to produce innovations. Based on the literature and the innovation track
curriculum, three competencies were chosen to be assessed; critical thinking,
teamwork, and communication. After implementing the first course of the innovation
track several difficulties were found. The teachings staff set a group of actions to
close the detected gaps. In order to implement them, it was recognized the need to
develop an application to gather and centralize the information obtained from the
assessment process.
The main characteristics of this application are described, and its benefits are
discussed. This application will enable engineering schools to establish a databased
decision-making process to implement a continuous improvement philosophy
in the organization.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 48th Annual Conference, Enschede, The Netherlands 20 – 24 September 2020 |
| Editors | J. van der Veen, N. van Hattum-Janssen, H. Jarvinen, T. de Laet, I. ten Dam |
| Publisher | Twente University |
| Pages | 640 |
| Number of pages | 651 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-2-87352-020-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
