Innovation management studies: technological advance and challenges of globalization

Borisas Melnikas

doi:10.3846/bm.2016.33

Abstract

The essence, principles, the needs and opportunities of the improvement of the innovation management studies, as well as main priorities and trends of the innovation management specialists education and training systems development are investigated and discussed. Main problems and improvement priorities in the field of innovation management studies, particularly – under contemporary conditions of globalization and in the context of the needs of technological advance, are identified and analyzed. A complex analysis of current situation and of the development of innovation management studies and of innovation management specialists education and training systems modernization processes and problems is presented. Special attention is paid to innovation management specialists education, training and development under contemporary conditions and challenges of globalization, knowledge based society creation, European integration and the European Union’s enlargement, as well as to the needs of the improvement of innovation management studies in accordance with the processes and priorities of the high technology sectors development and activation of the technological advance in general. The absence of well-founded general and special principles of innovation management studies and innovation management specialists education, training and development, as well as the absence of special principles of innovation management studies under contemporary conditions of globalization and in the context of the needs of technological advance could be defined as an especially important scientific, practical and research problem. An in-depth analysis of innovation management specialists’ development principles and practical experiences in the area of innovation management specialists education and training is provided.

Highlights

Innovation activities and technological advance in all spheres of social and economic life, as well as creation of knowledge based society and knowledge economy in general could be defined as an especially important priority of the development processes and changes in the society, its life and culture under contemporary conditions of globalization
The lack of theoretical knowledge and deficiency of positive practical experiences of effective innovation management in various spheres of social and economic life and technological progress could be defined as an important scientific problem: the importance of this problem leads to the need for scientific research on purposeful improvement of innovation management studies in accordance with contemporary orientations to the technological advance under conditions of globalization and knowledge based society creation
The modern world is witnessing a rapid formation of multicultural spaces, where priority is given to activities in global economy and international cooperation, and very intensive processes of increasing expansion of information and other modern technologies that lead to high concentration of intellectual work and innovation activities: innovation management specialists development systems must have the capacity to react to this situation and to manage those global processes

Summary

Introduction

Innovation activities and technological advance in all spheres of social and economic life, as well as creation of knowledge based society and knowledge economy in general could be defined as an especially important priority of the development processes and changes in the society, its life and culture under contemporary conditions of globalization.

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