New Product Development

By Ganesh N Prabhu | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)

Learners enrolled: 9857

An effective process for conceiving, developing and launching new products or services is critical to becoming competitive in most industries. This course includes key concepts like new product development strategy, types of product development strategies and steps.

This course involves

(a) Organizational integration of the work of functional specialists, industrial designers, and other key participants within the firm.

(b) Reducing the time-to-market while meeting cost and quality targets.

(c) Managing cross-functional projects and inherent technological risks while keeping a focus on changing customer requirements.

These challenges are examined in relation to the business level strategy of the firm, its competitive challenges, the technology life cycle and the product life cycle. We will also focus on the potential for firms to build markets and create demand for new products.

What you'll learn:

1. Understand the entire product development process from the product idea to eventual launch with an appropriate business model.
2. Learn how emerging market firms gain competitive advantage through design and development of locally relevant products.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	6 weeks
Category :	Management Studies
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	31 Jul 2023
End Date :	31 Oct 2023
Enrollment Ends :	09 Sep 2023
Exam Date :	01 Dec 2023 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Managing Product Development
Week 2: Understanding Customer Needs
Week 3: Organizing Product Development
Week 4: New Product Strategy
Week 5: Design Thinking for New Products

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Books and references

Drew Boyd & Jacob Goldenberg (2013) Inside the Box: The Creative Method that Works for Everyone
Joseph V. Sinfield, Edward Calder, Bernard McConnell and Steve Colson (2012) How to Identify New Business Models, MIT Sloan Management Review Vol. 53, No.2.
Chun-Che Huang (2000) Overview of Modular Product Development, Proc. National Science Council ROC(A) Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 149-165
Marc H. Meyer and Arthur DeTore (1999) Product Development for Services, The Academy of Management Executive, Vol. 13, No. 3, Themes: Teams and New Product Development (Aug., 1999), pp. 64-76

Instructor bio

Ganesh N Prabhu

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)

Ganesh N Prabhu is a Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, where he teaches Strategy, Qualitative Research and New Product Development. He also conducts executive programmes on New Product Development, Business Strategy, Business Acumen, Strategy Consulting and Design Thinking for senior managers. He was an invited member on the inaugural India Design Council and is a top writer on Quora. Ganesh is a Fellow (PhD) from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Institute of Rural Management Anand. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and has been published in the Academy of Management Review and Research Policy.

Course certificate

Enrolling and learning from the course is free. However, if you wish to obtain a certificate, you must register and take the proctored exam in person at one of the designated exam centre’s. The registration URL will be announced when the registration form is open. To obtain the certification, you need to fill out the online registration form and pay the exam fee. More details will be provided when the exam registration form is published, including any potential changes. For further information on the exam locations and the conditions associated with filling out the form, please refer to the form.

Grading Policy:

Assessment Type	Weightage
Mid-Term & End-Term	25%
Final Exam	75%

Certificate Eligibility:

40% marks and above in Mid Term & End Term
40% marks and above in the final proctored exam

Score	Type of Certificate
>=90	Gold
75 - 89	Silver
70 - 74	Bronze
40 - 70	Successfully Completed
<40	No Certificate

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