SMU Academy

Graduate Certificate in Applied Innovation

Business Model and Technology Innovation
(Credit Bearing to Masters of Science in Innovation and Graduate Certificate in
Applied Innovation)

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Overview
Equip yourself with skills in strategic innovation portfolio creation, focusing on
adjacent and transformational innovations using Business Model Innovation and
Technology Innovation.

As part of SMU's Graduate Certificate in Applied Innovation, participants will be

introduced two key levers of making innovation work in order to create an ambitious,
strategic innovation portfolio, comprising core, adjacent and transformational
innovations: technology and business model innovation. Participants will learn what it
takes to develop a well governed innovation management framework to avoid the Professor Thomas Menkhoff
classical traps of ‘good’ innovation management in terms of strategy (e.g. no coherent Professor, Organisation Behaviour
innovation strategy), structure (too many silos), process (e.g. no rapid prototyping and Human Resources (Eductation),
approach) and innovation culture (e.g. too little emphasis on people-oriented building Lee Kong Chian School of Business
blocks of culture such as values, behavior and climate).
Professor Thomas Menkhoff
Learning Objectives served as Academic Director
Through participating in this course, you will be able to: of SMU’s Master of Science
in Innovation Programme. He
is an award-winning
• Gain a working knowledge of how to formulate a strategic innovation portfolio that educator (and frequent
comprises core, adjacent and transformational innovations, i.e. technology and contributor of the Business
business model innovation. Times) and has published
• Understand the basics of the well governed innovation management framework numerous articles in
• Basic understanding on how to introduce change management plans to help scholarly journals and
several books on
organisations embrace innovation
socio-cultural dimensions of
Who Should Attend managing knowledge
• Startup owners, entrepreneurs, business owners, executives and individuals who transfer, innovation and
change in multi-cultural
seeks to enhance innovation in their business or to create innovation centres within
contexts and Asian
their organisations. entrepreneurship.
• Individuals who want to understand innovation and develop implementation and
actionable plans for their organizations. Two of his recent
publications include “2010
Assessment
Governing and Managing
An assessment will be conducted at the end of the course. Knowledge in Asia”, “Series
Fees and Funding on Innovation and
Knowledge Management”
Fees and “2014 Catalyst for
S$1,712 (after GST) for non-Singapore Citizens and non-Permanent Residents. Change – Chinese Business
in Asia”. Professor Thomas
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) Funding: Menkhoff has served,
amongst others as
S$513.60 (after GST) for Singaporeans below 40 and Permanent Residents. consultant to German
S$193.60 (after GST) for Singaporeans age 40 and above. Agency of Technical
Cooperation (GTZ), the
Funding Government of Singapore,
the Commonwealth
SkillsFuture Series Secretariat, Arthur D Little,
Course fee grant at 70% of course fees (excluding GST) for participants who are Asian Productivity
successfully enrolled by SMU into approved courses under the Programme. Organization (APO), the
Participants must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents. World Bank, the Asian
Development Bank (ADB),
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy ("MCES") the Government of Malaysia
Up to 90% of course fees for Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above and various corporation such
as SembCorp Marine or
Singapore Power.
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs ("ETSS")
Up to 90% of course fees; and 80% of basic hourly salary capped at $7.50/hr for local
employees of SMEs.

SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above, and self-funding may use their SkillsFuture
Credit (up to S$500) to defray part of the course fee.

Mr. Kan Siew Ning

Adjunct Lecturer,
Lee Kong Chian School of Business

Mr. Kan Siew Ning worked

for the Singapore
Government from 1985 to
2011. In 2011, he was a
Director of Police Technology
Department, managing 250
people and almost 100 IT
and engineering projects. He
had also ran a
government-owned venture
capital firm, Cap Vista Pte.
Ltd., and was the president
of the Information and
Management Society. Mr.
Kan has been teaching
university courses since
2001, and has taught in
SMU, NTU and NUS. The
topics include knowledge
management, smart cities,
drones and robotics,
leadership and team
building, human capital
management, and public
sector IT system. He
received several teachings
award and adjunct teaching
in SMU. He has also taught
short overseas courses at the
University of Mauritius and
Hong Kong Civil Service
Bureau. One of his recently
edited publications is: ”Living
in Smart Cities: Innovation
and Sustainability” (with
Thomas Menkhoff,
Hans-Dieter Evers and Chay
Yue Wah), World Scientific
Publishing 2017 forthcoming

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