KnowledgeCity

Innovation and Technological Development

Learn how to meet the challenge of disruption through innovation
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Course: On-Demand
Intermediate  Provider Andrea Terrell  5 Lessons ·  12m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese Simplified 

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What You'll Learn

  • Understand the nature of innovation and why it matters for businesses
  • Recognize the importance of innovation for business growth
  • Explain how innovation spurs technological development
  • Identify how technological development can cause disruption
  • Manage innovation in the workplace to ensure continued business growth

Key Takeaways

  • Disruption transforms markets and practices and generates uncertainty, requiring businesses to respond in rational ways that impose order and provide guidance.
  • Businesses need to respond to new technological developments in order to survive and grow, often needing to innovate or possibly perish.
  • Innovation spurs technological development, and that technological development can in turn cause disruption.
  • Creating a culture of innovation can help businesses achieve growth amid the chaos caused by disruption.
  • Successfully managing innovation in the workplace supports continued business growth.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

You will learn about the nature of innovation and its importance for business growth, how innovation spurs technological development, how technological development can cause disruption, and how to manage innovation in the workplace.

What topics or lessons does this course cover?

The course includes an Introduction, Defining Innovation, Innovation and Technological Development, Managing Innovation in the Workplace, and a Test Your Knowledge section.

What is the relationship between innovation, technological development, and disruption covered here?

The course explains how innovation spurs technological development and how that technological development can cause disruption, and how businesses can respond to disruption in rational ways that impose order and provide guidance.

What will I be able to do after completing this course?

After completing the course, you will be able to explain ways to successfully manage innovation in the workplace and ensure continued business growth.

Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.25

Certification Program Categories:
Ways of WorkingPower SkillsBusiness Acumen

KnowledgeCity has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. Users can maintain your PMI credentials by earning PDUs from KnowledgeCity qualified courses in Project Management, Business Management, Leadership and many others.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM®)

Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.25

Certification Program Categories:
Leadership & NavigationBusiness AcumenConsultationGlobal MindsetEthical PracticeRelationship ManagementAnalytical AptitudeCommunicationDiversity, Equity & Inclusion

KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).