Innovation and Enterprise – Weekly ejournal 

 

This is a page where I post my weekly study work a longside the weekly review page on this site. Whatever is not appearing here will be on the weekly review page

 

Week 1 journal

 

First Name:              John Bosco                       Surname: Sekyewa

                 

Student Number:      2602337                           LSBU Email: sekyewaj@lsbu.ac.uk

 

Week number:           WEEK 1                          Date:  

 

Module Leader:      James Barnham                 Email:  barnhamj@lsbu.ac.uk   

 

 

Describe/list the main I&E work you have undertaken over the last week. (List any reading you undertook or videos you watched (with links.) Briefly discuss how this work has helped you.)

 

This week I have covered the general introduction to Innovation and enterprise, the in depth definition of Innovation, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. What it means to be creative, innovative, enterprising and entrepreneurship. A brief expansion on this can be found in the weekly review section on this site. I have also completed all the class tasks within week 1 power point presentation as shown in my weekly review section.

 

List of readings includes: 

 

1- Structuring Innovation, a Conceptual Model and Implementation Methodology, Enterprise and Innovation Management Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2001, 177–194, by L. DOOLEY and D. O’SULLIVAN.

 

2- Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in Great Britain, Enterprise and Innovation Management Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2001, 119–144, PETER ABELL, ROBERT CROUCHLEY and COLIN MILLS

 

3- What Does It Mean to be Enterprising? British Journal of Management Vol. 1, 137-145 (1990), By Sally Caird

Please note that I have accessed the above three Journals through LSBU library and the links to each one can be found in the weekly review section.

 

Videos I have watched include:

 

1- Talk Talk CEO talks about their strategic innovative collaboration venture with Huawei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tatcXZX8lDE

 

2- ABraham Hicks talks about being innovative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcMWN9nSVTs

 

Benefits from the above work

 

Reading the above information has given me a general understanding of what creativity, innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship is all about. I have gained a brief understanding of how to nurture creative in a business organisation, setting up strategic innovative partnership, the importance of innovation  in a business. Above all the knowledge I have gained has given me a great insight about the creativity nature of the business.

 

Did you achieve all your goals for the module over the last week? (If not why not?)

 

 Yes I did, this module section was very informative about the real world scenario 

 

What aspects of Innovation and Enterprise do you now feel more confident about as a result of your work over the last week?

 

 The great importance of innovation and creativity to any business organisation and how strategic partnership can help in remaining innovative and competitive even in businesses with small budgets. In other words innovation simply means being smart in the way a business wants to achieve its objective. 

 

What aspects of your practical work/research were particularly difficult and how did you address these problems? 

 

 The difficult I found was that every business organisation seems to be secretive about its creativity process, after all creative is what gives a business a competitive edge. However there are some risks involved and this can cause a negative financial consequences if things happens to go wrong. 

 

As a result of the work you have undertaken, what alternative strategies will you use in your studies over the next week?  (i.e. what will you do differently as a result of the experience you have gained and if not why not?)

 

The strategy that I will definitely adapt is to be more creative and strategic in my approach to studies. Creativity is going to be very handy especially in the group project, generating ideas and working in partnership with others on the team.  

 

What I&E work will you undertake over the next week? A work plan.

 

 My focus when it comes to studies has always been reading the recommended text books and searching online for ways to tackle technical issues, however as from next week I will do more to explore other areas such as watching youtube videos, journals and other useful sources.

 

What University Services have you made use of? E.g. Support Classes, Careers Advice, Library etc…

 

 Like most of the students in our faculty, I tend to spend a bit of time in the labs, library, career service etc. I generally tend to take advantage of most of the services on offer provided I find them beneficial to me. 

 

Additional Notes as Appropr

 

 

 

 

Week 2 journal 

 

First Name:              John Bosco                        Surname: Sekyewa

                 

Student Number:      2602337                           LSBU Email: sekyewaj@lsbu.ac.uk

 

Week number:           WEEK                               Date:  

 

Module Leader:      James Barnham                Email:  barnhamj@lsbu.ac.uk   

 

 

Describe/list the main I&E work you have undertaken over the last week. (List any reading you undertook or videos you watched (with links.) Briefly discuss how this work has helped you.)

 

This week I have covered the team work and Belbin Group roles

 

Belbin Team Roles theory is used in organisations to identify people's behavioural strengths and weaknesses. It is aimed at allocating people tasks within their area of strength.

It is assumed that people are more effective if given tasks within their skill set strength, they deliver to their maximum potential.

Working in groups on a project involves sharing resources and learned values in order to accomplish a given task. 

For any group project to succeed, it has to combine these critical factors. Also for a group to be effective, each member has to respect the differences within the group.

 

The Double Diamond project approach

This involves dividing the project work into weekly tasks as shown week 2 presentation. https://vle.lsbu.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/950997/mod_folder/content/0/151006%20Week%202%20PP%20Teamwork%20Belbin.ppsx?forcedownload=1

 

Our project approach

 

At the initial stage of searching ideas for our project we have adapted the innowiz  four steps approach in order to kick start our creativity process and from this we will find and select the project.

1. problem definition (defining the task to be carried out, identifying search areas)

2. idea generation (use of different techniques i.e. Brainstorming, Mind Mapping, etc.) This is in week 2 & 3,  

3. idea selection (Week 4, Selection of an idea from the great pile to focus on).

4. idea communication (Group discussion about the decided idea). http://innowiz.be/method.html

5.  

E Books I have read include:

 

1. The Management Of Teams, Why they succeed or fail, 3rd Edition, 2010, By R. Meredith Belbin. http://0-lib.myilibrary.com.lispac.lsbu.ac.uk/Open.aspx?id=254144

2.  

3.  Group Dynamics For Teams, 2011, 3rd Edition, by Daniel Levi  pg 214-215, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nZp1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=selecting+a+final+idea+from+all+the+generated+in+teams&source=bl&ots=FS1C7NpDrC&sig=rICz1ff36RF_hnEfu0jvMtsyNS0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAGoVChMIvpyF_sLdyAIVir8UCh1KMQRY#v=onepage&q=selecting%20a%20final%20idea%20from%20all%20the%20generated%20in%20teams&f=fals

 

Did you achieve all your goals for the module over the last week? (If not why not?)

  Yes I did, this module section was very informative about the real world scenario

 

What aspects of Innovation and Enterprise do you now feel more confident about as a result of your work over the last week?

 Working in groups and using various techniques to select an idea from all the generated ones without being bias. 

And also not to dismiss an idea by face value before you have explored all options about it.

 

What aspects of your practical work/research were particularly difficult and how did you address these problems? 

 It wasn't difficult for me as there was so much information about this topic both in books and journals

 

As a result of the work you have undertaken, what alternative strategies will you use in your studies over the next week?  (i.e. what will you do differently as a result of the experience you have gained and if not why not?)

 

 The strategy that I will definitely adapt is to look at things more in depth than just dismissing them by just their appearance. I will take a serious look about various solution options to a problem. 

 In addition I will respect other team member's opinions provided their in the best interest of the team.

 

What I&E work will you undertake over the next week? A work plan.

 Diamond 1 - Broadening 

Expanding search area, generating more ideas

Using creativity tools such as: Brainstorming, Mind mapping etc.

 

What University Services have you made use of? E.g. Support Classes, Careers Advice, Library etc…

  Like most of the students in our faculty, I tend to spend a bit of time in the labs, library, career service etc. 

I generally tend to take advantage of most of the services on offer provided I find them beneficial to me. 

 

 

Additional Notes as Appropriate:

 

  Please note that I have created a weakly review page in order to expand on my research on the topics listed here. Most of these topics on this page will have a link in the weekly review page.

 

Week 3 journal 

 

First Name:              John Bosco                      Surname: Sekyewa

                 

Student Number:      2602337                          LSBU Email: sekyewaj@lsbu.ac.uk

 

Week number:           WEEK 3                          Date:  

 

Module Leader:      James Barnham              Email:  barnhamj@lsbu.ac.uk   

 

 

 

Describe/list the main I&E work you have undertaken over the last week. (List any reading you undertook or videos you watched (with links.) Briefly discuss how this work has helped you.)

This week ‘s topic is project management overview. It is a huge part of the module that we are covering for the next two weeks. It is conducted by guest lecturer Francis Babayemi.

 

This week I have covered the basics of the topic such as definition, its role in modern developed economy such as UK. Exploring what project management is all about i.e. the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques used in project activities in order to meet the expectation of stake holders. I have also looked at the elements of project management, the importance of using project management methods in any business project. In other words the best way to control project resources such as finance and better internal coordination etc..

 I have also looked at the approach and techniques used such IDEO Human-centered design, the double diamond process model, the various quarters involved and what is supposed to be accomplished under each one. Other areas include: the project management tools, the lifecycle phases from 1-4, time and quality planning etc

 

Books I have read:

 

Project Management (2005), by Harvey Maylor, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall p1-2, p23-26, p104, p153-156

 

Videos I have watched:

 

Did you achieve all your goals for the module over the last week? (If not why not?)

Yes I did. My objective was to get a basic understanding of what project management is all about and what role it plays in Innovation and enterprise. I also wanted to find out the methods and techniques used in the process and the phases as Francis mentioned in the lecture that progress of the project is measured in a number of ways i.e. work completed, time scale, efficiency  etc. Despite the topic being so wide, I gained some basic understanding of what is all about.

 

What aspects of Innovation and Enterprise do you now feel more confident about as a result of your work over the last week?

I feel more confident about the fundamental importance of managing a business project. I have understood the crucial importance of time management. Budgets, setting targets that are realistic. Managing resources and emphasizing the objectives of the project to all those taking part 

 

What aspects of your practical work/research were particularly difficult and how did you address these problems? 

This section of the course is too wide; there is overwhelming amount information in the library about project management. Filtering out what you need to cover at this level is a bit hard. However the little I have covered with Francis has given me an understanding of the importance of project management in business.

 

As a result of the work you have undertaken, what alternative strategies will you use in your studies over the next week?  (i.e. what will you do differently as a result of the experience you have gained and if not why not?)

There is not some I have learnt this week that I can incorporate in my studies, simply because these are business management issues rather than studies. However the topic has enhanced my knowledge and the crucial importance of project management to business especially those that deals with projects.

 

What I&E work will you undertake over the next week? A work plan.

Next week I will be continuing with project management and then after I will be joining my project team for assignment 1 meeting   

 

What University Services have you made use of? E.g. Support Classes, Careers Advice, Library etc…

I am using more of online library facility to access journals and books on some of these topics. I also regularly visit the LSBU library.

 

 

Additional Notes as Appropriate:

 

 

Week 4 journal 

 

First Name:              John Bosco                      Surname: Sekyewa

                 

Student Number:      2602337                          LSBU Email: sekyewaj@lsbu.ac.uk

 

Week number:           WEEK 4                          Date:  

 

Module Leader:      James Barnham              Email:  barnhamj@lsbu.ac.uk   

 

Describe/list the main I&E work you have undertaken over the last week. (List any reading you undertook or videos you watched (with links.) Briefly discuss how this work has helped you.)

 

This week I have looked at various functions that make up a business organization. These includes: Market Research, Marketing, Public Relations (PR), Research and Development (R&D), Operations, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Purchasing/Procurement, Sales, Finance, Legal, Administration, Information Technology (IT). What role they play in organization development and success. I have also looked at the way these functions are integrated in an organization and how they work together in supporting the business objectives.

 

Books I have read:

Exploring corporate strategy (2008), G Johnson et…al, 8th Edition, (Prentice Hall), p436 – 440

 

Videos I have watched:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly_d5RYz5Wg  A video explaining the critical importance of various business functions to an organization success and how they are aligned to support set objectives.  

 

Did you achieve all your goals for the module over the last week? (If not why not?)

Yes I did. My objective way to explore more about the importance of various business function, what role do they play in the success of a business organization.

 

What aspects of Innovation and Enterprise do you now feel more confident about as a result of your work over the last week?

I now know the fundamental importance of having these functions coordinating with each other   playing their roles in the development of the business.

 

What aspects of your practical work/research were particularly difficult and how did you address these problems? 

There wasn’t much difficult in researching about the overview of business functions. In fact there is a variety of publication about this topic.

 

As a result of the work you have undertaken, what alternative strategies will you use in your studies over the next week?  (i.e. what will you do differently as a result of the experience you have gained and if not why not?)

Not much really, simply because this is more of business management issues rather than studies. However the topic has enhanced my knowledge of business.

 

What I&E work will you undertake over the next week? A work plan.

Next week I will be looking at the element of finance in a business enterprise. In other words I will analyzing various financing options available to business, cash flow issues etc….

 

What University Services have you made use of? E.g. Support Classes, Careers Advice, Library etc…

I am using more of online library facility to access journals and books on some of these topics

 

 

Additional Notes as Appropriate:

 

 

Week 5 journal 

 

First Name:              John Bosco                       Surname: Sekyewa

                 

Student Number:      2602337                          LSBU Email: sekyewaj@lsbu.ac.uk

 

Week number:           WEEK 5                           Date:  

 

Module Leader:      James Barnham               Email:  barnhamj@lsbu.ac.uk   

 

Describe/list the main I&E work you have undertaken over the last week. (List any reading you undertook or videos you watched (with links.) Briefly discuss how this work has helped you.)

 

This week I have looked at the element of financial planning in Innovation and Enterprise. In other words how finance is raised, managed and the role it plays in Innovation and Enterprise. Other areas looked at included accounting for individual product costs, pricing and profitability. Also I have looked at the importance of time to market, benefits from longer product sales life and larger market share.

 

Books I have read:

Financial Management for decision makers (2009), P. Atrill 5th Edition, (Prentice Hall), p2, p155 – 160

 

Videos I have watched:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGZ3vmePRIM   A video by Steven Freeman explaining how to price a product or cost accounting for products.

 

Did you achieve all your goals for the module over the last week? (If not why not?)

Yes I did. My objective was to read more about the importance of product cost, profit analysis as well as pricing. I also wanted to look at the implications of longer products sale life and larger market share.

 

What aspects of Innovation and Enterprise do you now feel more confident about as a result of your work over the last week?

I now know the fundamental importance of analyzing the product cost and profit analysis, the market share and longer sales life.   

 

What aspects of your practical work/research were particularly difficult and how did you address these problems? 

There wasn’t much difficult in researching about finance element in Innovation and Enterprise. In fact there is a variety of publication about this topic in the business part of LSBU library.

 

As a result of the work you have undertaken, what alternative strategies will you use in your studies over the next week?  (i.e. what will you do differently as a result of the experience you have gained and if not why not?)

Not much really, simply because this is more of business management issues rather than studies. However the topic has enhanced my knowledge of business.

 

What I&E work will you undertake over the next week? A work plan.

Next week I will be looking at the element of finance in a business enterprise. In other words I will analyzing various financing options available to business, cash flow issues etc….

 

What University Services have you made use of? E.g. Support Classes, Careers Advice, Library etc…

Next week I will be focusing on assignignment 1 Selecting between ideas that we have generated as a team, choosing which one to develope as a final product.

 

 

Additional Notes as Appropriate:

 

 

Week 6 journal 

 

First Name:              John Bosco                        Surname: Sekyewa

                 

Student Number:      2602337                           LSBU Email: sekyewaj@lsbu.ac.uk

 

Week number:           WEEK 6                            Date:  

 

Module Leader:      James Barnham                Email:  barnhamj@lsbu.ac.uk   

 

 

Describe/list the main I&E work you have undertaken over the last week. (List any reading you undertook or videos you watched (with links.) Briefly discuss how this work has helped you.)

This week I have looked at various ways of selecting between project ideas generated through the creativity process. How to choose the best idea without being biased and how to reach consensus between team members. This study helped our group to evaluate all generated ideas and selecting the best at each stage to progress to the next level. 

 

Books I have read:

Innovation Tournaments: Creating and selecting exceptional opportunities (2009), C Terwiesch and K T ULRICH (Harvard Business Press), p69

 

Videos I have watched:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEomG_ffp7Y  Stanford Graduate School of Business video explaining the idea evaluation process. This video is more of a real world scenario than selecting an idea on a university project. The panelists on this video have enormous experience in running different projects. They share a lot of their experiences in choosing ideas on a project

Did you achieve all your goals for the module over the last week? (If not why not?)

Yes I did. My objective was to find out different ways of evaluating and selecting the best idea out of the many. This was achieved and I shared it with my project team which decided to take some of the ideas onboard.

 

What aspects of Innovation and Enterprise do you now feel more confident about as a result of your work over the last week?

Before learning about idea selection I had a problem of how to select an idea from the generated bulk without being biased. Having read the above publication and watching a couple of videos, I feel a bit more confident.

What aspects of your practical work/research were particularly difficult and how did you address these problems? 

There wasn’t much difficult in researching about idea evaluation and section. In fact there is a variety of publication about this topic in LSBU library.

 

As a result of the work you have undertaken, what alternative strategies will you use in your studies over the next week?  (i.e. what will you do differently as a result of the experience you have gained and if not why not?)

Not much really, simply because this is more of business management issues rather than studies. However the topic has enhanced my knowledge of idea evaluation and selection.

 

What I&E work will you undertake over the next week? A work plan.

Next week I will be looking at pecha-kucha presentation style, as this is style in which our project is supposed to be presented.

What University Services have you made use of? E.g. Support Classes, Careers Advice, Library etc…

I am using more of online library facility to access journals and books on some of these topics

 

 

Additional Notes as Appropriate:

 

 

Week 7 journal 

 

First Name:             John Bosco                     Surname: Sekyewa

                 

Student Number:    2602337                         LSBU Email: sekyewaj@lsbu.ac.uk

 

Week number:        WEEK 7                          Date:  

 

Module Leader:      James Barnham            Email:  barnhamj@lsbu.ac.uk   

 

 

Describe/list the main I&E work you have undertaken over the last week. (List any reading you undertook or videos you watched (with links.) Briefly discuss how this work has helped you.)

This week I have looked at Pecha Kucha presentation style as this what we are required to use presenting our team project. This is a unique way of presenting; it involves the use of a few graphics compared to the traditional way that looks more like an exhibition. However learning about pecha kucha has introduced me to a new style of presenting that appears to capture the attention of the audience more than anything else we are used too. Pecha Kucha is the art of concise presentations where the presenter has to be efficient with their message. There is no time to waste. It is exciting to watch!

 

Videos I have watched:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHX-xnP_G5s Make a Presentation Like Steve Jobs: This video explains how a perfect pecha Kucha presentation is supposed to be done. And I will share this video with my project team.

 

Did you achieve all your goals for the module over the last week? (If not why not?)

Yes I did. My objective was to find out what this pecha kucha style of presentation is like. After watching a couple of video I got used to the idea and I am looking forward to start practicing it in our group project.

 

What aspects of Innovation and Enterprise do you now feel more confident about as a result of your work over the last week?

Without doubt it is presenting in this new pecha kucha style. I had no idea of what it is at the beginning, however having  learnt about it, it appears to be very interesting especially in terms of lifting your confidence when you practice a few times.

 

What aspects of your practical work/research were particularly difficult and how did you address these problems? 

There wasn’t much difficult in researching about idea evaluation and section. In fact there is a variety of publication about this topic in LSBU library.

 

As a result of the work you have undertaken, what alternative strategies will you use in your studies over the next week?  (i.e. what will you do differently as a result of the experience you have gained and if not why not?)

Pecha kucha is what we are required to use in presenting our project and there I am looking forward to start practicing it in the next few days once my team has allocated every one with a part to present.

 

What I&E work will you undertake over the next week? A work plan.

Next week is a presentation week. We will have no lectures, instead we are presenting our group project (Assignment 1)

 

What University Services have you made use of? E.g. Support Classes, Careers Advice, Library etc…

I am using more of online library facility to access journals and books on some of these topics

 

 

Additional Notes as Appropriate:

Please note that I will have no ejournal entry next week as it is a project presentation week

   

 

Week 9 journal 

 

First Name:             John Bosco                     Surname: Sekyewa

                 

Student Number:    2602337                         LSBU Email: sekyewaj@lsbu.ac.uk

 

Week number:        WEEK 9                          Date:  

 

Module Leader:      James Barnham            Email:  barnhamj@lsbu.ac.uk   

 

Describe/list the main I&E work you have undertaken over the last week. (List any reading you undertook or videos you watched (with links.) Briefly discuss how this work has helped you.)

This week I have looked at business model canvas and value proposition. The entrepreneurial tools that can be used by anyone to visually analyse, design, describe and adjust the core component of a given business. I have looked at the various structural components that make up business. It is on these core components that long term strategic plans are developed. In this process I have gained a lot of knowledge and skills that is helpful in analysing and designing a business model canvas of any business organisation.  Assignment 2 of Innovation and Enterprise is based on this topic. Therefore this topic will be covered in greater details in the team project page on this site.

 

Books I have read this week:

Business Model Generation (2010) by A Osterwalder and Y Pigeur, P12-49

 

Videos I have watched:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1IHCP3gTQc    A video by Matt Terrell explaining the business model canvas of Gore Fabrics. This youtube video is very helpful in terms of knowing what goes where on a business model canvas temperate.

 

Did you achieve all your goals for the module over the last week? (If not why not?)

Yes I did. My objective was to understand what a business model canvas is, how to analyse a business organization nine building blocks that make up the canvas. And also how to you the available enterprise information to design a model canvas.  

 

What aspects of Innovation and Enterprise do you now feel more confident about as a result of your work over the last week?

After learning about this topic, I feel more confident to demonstrate the makeup of a business core components, the role they play and how they are aligned together to support the business overall objective.

 

What aspects of your practical work/research were particularly difficult and how did you address these problems? 

There wasn’t much difficult in researching business model canvas. In fact there is a variety of publication about this topic in the business part of LSBU library. Also I was very lucky that our project team was the first one in the Innovation and enterprise group to secure a meeting with one of the London CEO

 

As a result of the work you have undertaken, what alternative strategies will you use in your studies over the next week?  (i.e. what will you do differently as a result of the experience you have gained and if not why not?)

Not much really, simply because this is more of business function issue rather than studies. However the topic has enhanced my knowledge on business model canvas.

 

What I&E work will you undertake over the next week? A work plan.

Next week I will be looking at Intellectual property and patent Loyalty

 

What University Services have you made use of? E.g. Support Classes, Careers Advice, Library etc…

I am using more of online library facility to access journals and books on some of these topics

 

 

Additional Notes as Appropriate:

 

Week 10 journal 

 

First Name:             John Bosco                     Surname: Sekyewa

                 

Student Number:    2602337                         LSBU Email: sekyewaj@lsbu.ac.uk

 

Week number:        WEEK 10                       Date:  

 

Module Leader:      James Barnham            Email:  barnhamj@lsbu.ac.uk 

 

 

Describe/list the main I&E work you have undertaken over the last week. (List any reading you undertook or videos you watched (with links.) Briefly discuss how this work has helped you.)

This week I have looked at introduction to intellectual property (IP) and enterprise support a topic that was introduced to us by Guest lecturer: Syeda Rahimunnessa. In this session we looked at trademarks and how they are registered. In general we looked at some of James’s protected products such as NOVA-FO and the process of how registration is done. Please note: the ® indicates this is a registered trademark. We also looked at the patent loyalty and how it done. What Is Intellectual Property? Intellectual Property (IP) is any form of original creation that can be bought or sold.’ (The Intellectual Property Office)

- An intangible asset(s) resulting from the intellectual labours of a business or individual.

 

What do companies do with their IP?

• Include in business plans – IP Strategy

• Use it to attract funding

• Identify market opportunities: What can be done with the IP outside of your business?

- Could it be licensed to companies in other territories?

- Could someone else use it in a different way?

- Does your IP have other potential?

- Beneficial partnership opportunities

 

Trade marks

• A trade mark is a symbol that distinguishes goods and services from those of competitors. It can be words, logos or a combination of both.

• Straplines can also be trade marked

 

Copyright

Manuals

Databases

Websites

Computer Software

 

Books I have read:

Videos I have watched:

 

Did you achieve all your goals for the module over the last week? (If not why not?)

Yes I did. My objective way to explore ways of protecting your products from being duplicated by any one else. Also the process that you go through and how to do it. The guest Lecturer Syeda answered some of the question that I had in mind on the day. I welcomed the fact that there will be a consultation service open to student even when they graduate.

 

What aspects of Innovation and Enterprise do you now feel more confident about as a result of your work over the last week?

I feel more confident about the fundamental importance of having your products protected and what it means in terms of safeguarding your property.

 

What aspects of your practical work/research were particularly difficult and how did you address these problems? 

I did not do a lengthy research about these issues as they appear to be a matter of law. However in the future I am hoping to take advantage of the university ongoing service on this matter.

 

As a result of the work you have undertaken, what alternative strategies will you use in your studies over the next week?  (i.e. what will you do differently as a result of the experience you have gained and if not why not?)

Not much really, simply because these are legal issues rather than studies. However the topic has enhanced my knowledge of intellectual property and patent loyalty.

 

What I&E work will you undertake over the next week? A work plan.

Next week I will be switching to business canvas group project

 

What University Services have you made use of? E.g. Support Classes, Careers Advice, Library etc…

I am using more of online library facility to access journals and books on some of these topics

 

 

Additional Notes as Appropriate: