Innovation Systems Management | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

ARI 1301

Course Credit Units:

3

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 3

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

Academic Programs:

Bachelor Of Agribusiness Management

College:

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

School:

School of Agricultural Sciences

Department:

Agribusiness & Natural Resource Economics

Course Discipline:

Agriculture

Course Description & Objectives:

The course equips students with knowledge and skills and fosters an appropriate attitudinal environment for innovation process/ systems management for agricultural and rural development. It covers: key concepts related to innovation process/ systems management within the context of agricultural and rural development. Objectives:

To provide students with knowledge, skills and attitudes for effective innovation process/ systems management for agricultural and rural development

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Explain concepts: innovation, system, innovation process/ system, management innovation process/systems management within the agricultural and rural development context
Understand the background to the innovation process/systems management perspective including the importance of networks/partnerships within agricultural and rural development context
Identify and foster innovative networks/partnerships between/among institutions/organizations involved in agricultural and rural development