MSc in Structured Innovation

Download brochure: MSc in Structured Innovation (PDF file, 3 MB).The University of Buckingham and the Mentoring ProgrammeThe Buckingham Lean & Innovation staff have been running MSc courses since 1999 and have built a strong international reputation. The team are recognised as world-class professionals and all of the teachers on the programmes possess a combination of academic rigour and real-world battle scars.The programmes are specifically designed for practising managers working across all areas of business from Strategy and R&D through to Service, Design and Logistics.The University of Buckingham prides itself on the support it gives to its students and this has been reflected by featuring at the top of the National Student Survey for Student Satisfaction every year of the last decade.Mentoring and NetworkMentoring is a fundamental part of learning about all aspects of Structured Innovation with feedback and discussion both important aspects of the programme.With a small and focused class profile and student group, practical participation and personal interaction with both the staff and the other students will bring considerable long term rewards.The Programme Why do only 2% of innovations succeed? Why do some businesses create long term futures while others fade away? How can resilience be built into business growth? Structured Innovation solves these questions, integrating innovation into the heart of enterprise. The ‘future proof’ organisation is one which simultaneously optimises the way it carries out its current activities while creating its future direction. Innovation is continuous and inherent in everything it does. This MSc teaches the role and function of innovation in the organisation, and how it works hand in hand with MSc in Lean Enterprise to create success.Students will learn to integrate innovation into every aspect of their business lives, adding value and growth by the practical implementation of step changes within the organisation.ModulesThe programme involves a series of five-day modules, often held on-site, taken over a two year period. A typical module involves a short, sharp burst of theory, case studies and hands-on exercises tailored to the student’s current environment, followed by a 2,500-word assignment and a Learning Portfolio. Students will complete the programme with an independently researched 15,000-word dissertation and presentation, that builds on knowledge gained through the modules.

Foundations, Standardisation & Disruption

Complexity, Design Thinking & Systems Thinking

Structured Innovation Methods & Tools

Psychology & Change

Innovation Capability and ‘Buy-In’

Innovation Strategy & Execution

Service Systems – Fundamentals

Service Systems – Advanced Methods

Modules are largely held on site looking at current real case situations within the student’s business activities.Teaching staffBuckingham’s Lean and Innovation Department is home to a wealth of knowledge. Professor Darrell Mann is founder and CEO of Systematic Innovation Ltd and has helped many of the world’s top companies to create stronger IP across a broad spectrum of industries and disciplines. He is a world expert with over 600 papers on innovation and its implementation, and the author of the best-selling book "Hands-On Systematic Innovation". John Bicheno is a professional engineer and Professor of Lean Enterprise. He is author or co-author of 11 books in the Lean Manufacturing, Lean Service, Lean Systems, and Six Sigma areas, including "The Lean Toolbox". The MSc Programme Director, Kobus Cilliers, is a serial entrepreneur and widely respected consultant within innovation. His engineering solutions and innovations have fundamentally re-visited how tasks are undertaken, and provided step-change solutions to long-standing problems.Applications & AdmissionsPlease apply online or contact our Business Admissions team:
For more information on MSc in Structured Innovation at Buckingham please contact Kim Pittwood .