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Course syllabus - Trendspotting in Theory and Practice
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
INO127
Valid from
Autumn semester 2023
Education level
First cycle
Progressive Specialisation
G1N (First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Innovation Technology
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2023-01-19
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Articles
Potentials of collaborative foresight for SMEs
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 30(6), 2018
URL: Link
The Big Picture - trends, drivers, wild cards, discontinuities and weak signals
Futures : the Journal of Policy, Planning and Futures Studies, 43(3), 2011
URL: Link
How do companies envisage the future? Functional foresight approaches
Engineeering Management in Production and Services, 9 (4)), pp. 21-33 DOI: 10.1515/emj-2017-0028, 2017
Evolution of framework foresight
Foresight, VOL. 22 NO. 5/6, pp. 643-651, © Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020
URL: Link
"Building a future-proof company - Four cornerstones of transformative corporate foresight" in The European Business Review
., 2021
URL: Link
Escaping the Faster Horses Trap: Bridging Strategic Foresight and Design-Based Innovation
Technology Innovation Management Review, (Volume 9, Issue 8), 2019
Corporate foresight: Its three roles in enhancing the innovation capacity of a firm.
Technological forecasting and social change, 78(2), 231-243., 2011
Fear of foresight: knowledge and ignorance in organizational foresight
Futures, 38, pp. 942-955, 2006
Miscellaneous
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Articles
Potentials of collaborative foresight for SMEs
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 30(6), 2018
URL: Link
The Big Picture - trends, drivers, wild cards, discontinuities and weak signals
Futures : the Journal of Policy, Planning and Futures Studies, 43(3), 2011
URL: Link
How do companies envisage the future? Functional foresight approaches
Engineeering Management in Production and Services, 9 (4)), pp. 21-33 DOI: 10.1515/emj-2017-0028, 2017
Evolution of framework foresight
Foresight, VOL. 22 NO. 5/6, pp. 643-651, © Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020
URL: Link
"Building a future-proof company - Four cornerstones of transformative corporate foresight" in The European Business Review
., 2021
URL: Link
Reference Literature
Escaping the Faster Horses Trap: Bridging Strategic Foresight and Design-Based Innovation
Technology Innovation Management Review, (Volume 9, Issue 8), 2019
Revisiting Ansoff's weak signals - A systematic literature review
Paper presented at 36th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2022
Miscellaneous
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Objectives
The purpose of the course is to provide basic skills in trendspotting and contextual analysis with relevance for innovation and development.
Learning outcomes
After completed the course, the student shall be be able to:
1. explain basic concepts, methods and models in trend spotting and contextual analysis,
2. plan and carry out systematic scanning- and analysis work, as well as consider ethical aspects in the work,
3. explain and discuss the function of trend scanning in innovation and development processes,
4. evaluate the quality of sources and assess their relevance regarding reliability in decision-making,
5. reflect on and discuss the importance of trends and tendencies for innovation and development.
Course content
Theoretical concepts, models and methods
Relationship between pre-understanding and images of the future
To evaluate the quality of sources
Methods for signal scanning, analysis and foresight reporting
Open and collaborative signal scanning
Ethics in contextual analysis and innovation
Contextual analysis as a basis for decisions in innovation- and development processes
Tuition
Requirements
General entry requirements
Examination
Assignment (INL1), 1 credit, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G), (examines learning outcomes 1 and 5)
Assignment (INL2), 2 credits, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG), (examines learning outcomes 2 and 4)
Assignment (INL3), 3 credits, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG), (examines learning outcomes 3 and 5)
Exercise (OVN1),1,5 credits, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G), (examines learning outcome 2 and 4)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Three-grade scale
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
The course overlaps 4 credits with INO106 Trendspotting in Theory and Practice, 4 credits with KIT463 Trendspotting, 4 credits with KIN463 Trendspotting, 4 credits with INO101 Trendspotting, 4 credits with INO115 Contextual Awareness for Innovation and 4 credits with INO238 Foresight for Innovation.