Effective Innovation (CPE Course)

CPE Credit: 3 hours

Course Type: Downloaded PDF materials with online test

Price (with PDF Textbook): $35

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Course Description
Innovation is one of the great value-creation tools in the modern corporation, but it is also quite difficult to implement properly. In many cases, organizations invest vast amounts of time and money in innovation, and yet do not generate commensurate returns. In the Effective Innovation course, we discuss innovation strategy, the various types of innovation, how to create an environment more conducive to innovation, the management of advanced research, innovation metrics, and much more.

Author: Steven Bragg

Course number: BM1009

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the different types of innovation strategies.

  • Specify the outcomes to focus on when engaged in strategic experiments.

  • Cite the advantages and disadvantages of both closed and open innovation systems.

  • Specify the actions to take when trying to innovate in a fluid environment.

  • Describe the characteristics of a successful innovator.

  • Recognize the techniques used to improve an incremental innovation campaign.

  • Specify the fundamental issues of product design.

  • Recognize the steps that management can take to improve an internal crowdsourcing system.

  • Specify the alternatives available for accessing the talent in cities, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each one.

  • Recognize the situations in which a collaborative community might be useful, and its characteristics.

  • Specify the methods available for improving the success rate for an innovation rollout.

  • Recognize the negative effects of issuing too many innovations.

  • Identify the conceptual issues that apply to the measurement of innovation.

  • Identify the situations to which each of the innovation metrics discussed would be most applicable.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Business Management and Organization

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None

Latest Review Date: October 2023

Program Registration Requirements: Click on "Purchase Course" near the top of this page to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.

Program Refund Policy: For more information regarding administrative policies concerning complaints, refunds, and other matters, see our policies page.

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The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.

AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.