Executive Certificate in Collaborative Innovation Management 行政人員證書《合作創新管理》

Highlights

The programme aims to:

• nurture innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial talents to sustain organizations’ business growth through collaborations to create synergy, reduce risk, and share resources; and
• enable students to gain insight into challenges and opportunities in managing complex innovation projects across boundaries, cultures and generational differences.

Speaker:

Dr. Alan Miller

• Managing Director, Liquate Ltd,
• PhD (CUHK),
• CEng, CMgr,

Dr. Alan is an accomplished, technically competent board-level and operations executive with over 20 years’ experience and extensive international exposure spanning several dozen countries. He is Managing Director of Liquate, an engineering consultancy specializing in disruptive technologies.

He got PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1998. He is both a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Manager, is able to develop and implant strategic, operational, financial and risk management plans with realistic optimism, subservience to purpose, and the ability to find order in chaos.

Speaker:

Mr. Henry C. K. Ma,

• Principal Lecturer,
• With 20 years of B2B Marketing Expertise and MBA (Cambridge),
• Former Business Leader in Global MNCs (GE, 3M, DuPont)

Asan innovator, engineer, and marketer, Mr. Ma has around 20 years of industry working experience in a few global science companies (such as GE, DuPont, and 3M) as business leader leading cross-functional teams in Greater China and Asia Pacific for market-driven innovation and new product development across different industries. Prior to his current role as the Senior Program Director of HKU SPACE, he was the CMO (Technology & Incubation) of HKUST and the first Director - Materials Innovation of FOSSIL Group (Listed in USA).

Academically, Mr. Ma holds an MBA degree from the University of Cambridge and is pursuing his doctoral degree at the University of Hong Kong with research focus on cross-sector (university-industry- government) collaboration, market driven innovation, knowledge transfer, technology commercialization and regional innovation systems in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

馬先生畢業於英國劍橋大學(University of Cambridge)獲得工商管理碩士並正在香港大學(University of Hong Kong)修讀博士學位課程; 研究領域為跨界（政產學硏）合作, 市場導向創新, 知識轉移, 科技產業化和區域創新系統（香港與中國大陸）;是香港科技大學首任科研市場總監(CMO)，主管創新營銷和初創培育。現為香港大學SPACE高級課程主任。

學術研究以外，馬先生有約二十年工業營銷及亞太區管理經驗，曾任職於多家全球性跨國上市集團；其中包括三家美國道瓊斯工業指數公司：通用電氣(GE), 杜邦(DuPont)和3M; 亦是美國上市公司FOSSIL Group首任材料創新總監。 篤行"明德格物，學無止境"的治學教育理念。

Programme Details

Module Content is as follows:

[1] Innovation Paradigm Shift

• Open Innovation vs. Closed Innovation
• Incremental Innovation vs. Radical Innovation
• Disruptive Innovation for New Growth Creation

[2] Project Management for Innovation

• Essentials for Big Project Management
• Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
• Cross-boundary Collaboration

[3] Conflict Management for Collaboration

• The Neuroscience behind Conflict and Personality Profiling
• Nature of Conflict
• Resolution of Conflict

[4] Collaborative Governance for Innovation

• Triple Helix Innovation (THI)
• Collaborative Governance Regime (CGR)
• Cross Sector Collaboration (U-I-G Network)

Entry Requirements

Applicants shall hold:

(i) a bachelor's degree awarded by a recognized university or equivalent;

or

(ii) an Associate Degree / a Higher Diploma or equivalent, and have at least 2 years of work experience.

Applicants with other qualifications and substantial senior work experience will be considered on individual merit.