Boost your career with an Accelerated Graduate Certificate in Innovation Management at UCI. Learn to drive growth and apply innovative strategies. Apply now!
In today’s modern competitive landscape, it’s either “get ahead of the curve” or “get left behind.” Now more than ever, innovation and big ideas are essential ingredients to a business’s ability to flourish. And, as any innovator knows, it’s not enough to simply have the idea – students have to know how to implement it. Using proven methods of innovation and design thinking as a framework, students in this unique program will learn new ways to generate ideas, gain deeper insights into their clients, manage creative teams, and drive growth in companies large and small. Benefits: Utilize creative thinking methodologies to generate new ideas, recognize innovative business opportunities, and solve complex problems Examine the business models used by great business leaders in a variety of industries and learn to apply the underlying strategies to today’s economic landscape Develop a written marketing plan suitable for bringing an innovative product or service to market Create and present a business plan for an innovative product or service Demonstrate functional business skills in collaboration with entrepreneurs from the business community Gain a competitive edge in the global job market with an internship in a U.S. company
