Program Overview

Intrapreneurship (Foundation) Module

Overview

The Intrapreneurship (foundation) module is designed to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the theories and methodologies surrounding intrapreneurship. The primary objective of this module is to equip students with the ability to apply these learnings within the context of a corporate setting.

Content, Progress, and Pedagogy

This module adopts an interdisciplinary approach, fostering a profound understanding and the ability to integrate into interdisciplinary project teams. The focus extends to the development of a profound understanding of both individuals and organizations, and how their interactions shape the landscape of intrapreneurial processes.

Pivotal themes explored in this module include:

• Problem recognition and solution formulation
• The intricacies of innovation processes
• The cultivation of a robust innovative culture
• Crafting compelling business cases and formulating effective strategies
• Presentation techniques, encompassing the art of pitching and validation
• Collaboration with external stakeholders

Learning Objectives

Knowledge

The student must obtain knowledge about:

• Key theoretical and practical approaches to intrapreneurship
• Theoretical and practical advantages as well as disadvantages of applying different methods and approaches to a key issue within intrapreneurship
• How projects within intrapreneurship are led from idea phase to implementation

Skills

The student must obtain skills in:

• Defining and explaining the connections and differences between different theoretical concepts and theories within intrapreneurship
• Addressing problems within intrapreneurship analytically and critically using theoretical concepts and theories
• Selecting and applying relevant methods and tools to handle a key issue within intrapreneurship

Competences

The student must obtain competences to:

• Unite theory and practice in an academic way within a key issue in relation to intrapreneurship
• Use scientific methods and theories from intrapreneurship within one's own field of expertise
• Organize and implement projects where key issues within intrapreneurship are addressed, from the idea phase to the implementation of solution proposals

Exam

Exam Details

• Name of exam: Intrapreneurship (foundation)
• Type of exam: Oral exam Individual
• ECTS: 5
• Assessment: 7-point grading scale
• Type of grading: Internal examination
• Criteria of assessment: The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the Module

• Danish title: Intrapreneurship (foundation)
• Module code: KAŘKS
• Module type: Course
• Semester: Autumn
• ECTS: 5
• Language of instruction: English
• Location of the lecture: Campus Aalborg
• Responsible for the module: Peter Thomsen

Organisation

• Study Board: Study Board of Economics and Business Administration
• Department: Aalborg University Business School
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Curriculum

This module is used in the following curricula:

• Curriculum for the Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration (Organisation, Strategy and Leadership), 2022
• Curriculum for the Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration (Management Accounting and Control), 2022
• Curriculum for the Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration (Finance), 2022
• Curriculum for the Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration (International Business), 2022
• Curriculum for the Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration (Marketing and Sales), 2022
• Curriculum for the Master of Science (MSc) in Technology (Entrepreneurial Business Engineering), 2022
• Curriculum for the Master of Science (MSc) in Economics and Business Administration (Business Data Science), 2022