A new master specialization for innovative young peoples.

Turcoiu, Titi ; Trifa, Gavril-Ioan

1. INTRODUCTION

Any modern human society desires a high welfare for its members. Access to information and knowledge, coupled with innovative, creative spirit of many of its members, especially young people, give the possibility to subscribe on the way of becoming a knowledge-based society. Welfare may become real only by infusion to knowledge, new products and services, results of creative human minds.

In this millennium, "key sources for the desired welfare creation depend upon the creation of new enterprises that shall use technological transfer, know-how, intellectual property, all these items combined with obtaining products and services and their marketing" according to David J. Tecce in his volume "Managing Intellectual Capital".

And, is very good to remember Bill Gates' words: "prosperity comes by innovation" and "if 20 of my young people abandon me, tomorrow you won't hear of Microsoft".

I may satisfactorily ascertain that in third millennium Romania, starting with January 1st 2007, when it became absolute member of European Union, new concepts, notions and institutions characteristic of market economy appeared, trying to become useful to the idea of welfare growth by infusion to knowledge, not only theoretically but also pragmatically. The Romanian Government has well understood the role of knowledge creation and between 2003 and 2007 it invested 30 millions Euro for to create an Innovation and Technological Transfer Romanian National Network (ITTRNN--ReNITT, in Romanian),(Cotet et al., 2009).

2. ITT ROMANIAN NATIONAL NETWORK

Today, the ITT Romanian National Network comprises 51 entities of innovation and technological transfer: 14 Technological Transfer Centers; 19 Information Technological Centers; 14 Technological and Business Incubators; 4 Scientific and Technological Parks. All these entities are accredited by National Scientific Research Authority and their main role is to promote the technological and innovation transfer for welfare of Romanian society members.

The ITTRNN entities are implemented in universities, research --development institutions and private innovative companies, after following distribution: 8 in universities, 19 in research institutes and 20 in private area.

The major human resources that work in ITTRNN are formed by young people, nearly 500 persons. These young human resources must be trained and accredited in innovation and technological transfer management, in intellectual property and in tangible and intangible enterprises evaluation.

For this reasons, the Human Resources Training Center of University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest presented to the Senate in 2008 the creation a new master specialization in innovation and technological transfer. This master is now approved an accredited and it is open for all young innovative people of ITTRNN and other institutions.

3. THE OBJECTIVES AND COMPETENCES

The main objectives of the master entitled The Management of Innovation and Technological Transfer are following:

--The development of fundamental knowledge in the intellectual property, the innovation, the technological and knowledge transfer field, by inter- and multidisciplinary courses (Arpaci & Arifoglu, 2009);

--The development of social and organizing competences for managing the innovative SMEs, having as main objectives research-development and technological transfer;

--The development of practice capacities of counseling in the intellectual property, the enterprises evaluation and to managing the innovation and technological transfer field.

The general competences that are offered by the MITT master are:

--Counseling in intellectual property;

--Counseling in the enterprises evaluation;

--Managing of innovation position in Innovative SMEs (A new profession in Romania, with the code: COR 241941);

--Counseling in technological audit;

--The administration of innovation and technological transfer entities (Vasiliadis et al., 2009);

--The specific management: project management, human resources management, risk and strategic management, knowledge management, innovation management and technological transfer management;

--Communication, negotiation and make decision techniques.

4. THE TYPE OF MASTER AND DURATION

The MITT master is based on research and it spreads on for four semesters. The disciplines are distributed as many as four in each semester, with one exception in the last semester, where are distributed only three disciplines. Between semesters there are foreseen a number of eight or twelfth hours per week, for research activity.

5. THE TARGET GROUPS

The MITT master addresses especially to the following graduates: mechanical and economical engineering faculties; economical faculties and marketing and management faculties. But, of course, can also have access:

--The managers of innovative companies, interesting in promoting of modern methods of technological transfer and administrating of SMEs (Katic et al., 2009).

--The potential promoters of different institutions and nongovernmental organizations, with abilities in development of European projects of innovation and technological transfer field

--The graduates interesting in to work and to have professional stability in ITTRNN entities (Ruskov & Stoycheva, 2009).

6. THE CURRICULA

The curricula of master specialization entitled "The Management of Innovation and Technological Transfer" are presented in table 1.

The curricula show the total hours for training activity: 630 hours, and total points of transferable credits: 120 points. Because of this specialization's research theme, there are foreseen, in every week, 8 to 12 hours (a total of 560 hours) of research activity. The students may work in these research hours to personal or common projects of research-development, innovation, technologic transfer a.s.o. fields, or can to develop a personal business project.

The research activity will be co-ordinate by a professor. The students will write a research report, in every semester, what will be presented in the front of one evaluated commission. For this report, every student will received one special mark and, of course, the adequate ECTS points.

7. THE LABORATORIES AND THE PROGRAMS

In order to support the MITT master, one IT laboratory was created, with 20 PC connected within a network, equipped with: one Server Intel S5000VSASATAR, Procesor 2xCPU Quad-Core XeonE5310 1.6 GHz(1066MHz, 8MB, Clovertown, S771); 20 PC KINETIX V16I; Software: Windows XP Professional SP2c English 1 pk, DSP OEI CD w/Romanian LIP, Microsoft Office 2007,NOD D32 Antivirus, Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard; licenses; one Xerox Workcentre PE120i; 3 Laptops Fujitsu-Siemens LIFEBOOK C1410; two beamers BenQ MP611C; one Panasonic KX-FL613 printer . Also, in the moment of writing this paper, the MITT master is developing 3 international and national research programs:

* VITA--Virtual Learning for the Management Successful SMEs. LdV, Lifelong Learning Innovation Transfer, Ref. nr. 2008-1-PT1-LEO05-00411;

* RECPIN--Education, Stimulation and Promotion of Creativity and Intellectual Property National Network. Capacity Romanian Program, Ref. nr.192 CPII/09.09.2008;

* INNOREG--Model and Informatics Software for to Establishment the Innovation Degree. Partnership Romanian Program, P4/9, Ref. nr. 92-079/01.10.2008.

8. CONCLUSION

The Romanian National Network High Level Education has, with the Management of Innovation and Technological Transfer specialization, the first Romanian master specialization for the innovating young people.

The MITT master offers the necessary competences to develop innovating activities, technologic transfer activities and to stimulate creativity and intellectual property activities. The MITT master offers the necessary diploma to stabilize the human resources in the Innovation and Technological Transfer Romanian National Network entities and the access to the National Room of Intellectual Property Counselors and Romanian National Evaluators Agency.

9. REFERENCES

Arpaci, I. & Arifoglu, A. (2009).Technological Innovation in Public Sector, Proceedings of ICEIRD 2009, Ketikidis, P. et al.(Ed.),pp 450-460, ISBN 978-960-89629-9 6, Thessaloniki, Greece, 24-25 April 2009, City Sheffield Thessaloniki.

Cotet, D. et al. (2009). Romanian Research and Development System, Support for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Proceedings of ICEIRD 2009, pp 23-36.

Katic, A. et al. (2009). Open Innovations as a Model for Increasing Competitiveness and Knowledge Transfer, Proceedings of ICEIRD 2009, pp 415-422.

Ruskov, P. & Stoycheva, M. (2009). Graduate Student Company Learning Patterns. Proceedings of ICEIRD 2009, pp 240-248

Vasiliadis,A.,Vitsiliakis, Ch. & Efthymiou, H.(2009). Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Intentions: the Education Effect. Proceedings of ICEIRD 2009, pp 259-267

Tab.1. The curricula of the MITT master: C-course; S-seminar;
L-laboratory; P-project

The Discipline The Evaluation:
 Exams/Dissertation

 The Semester/The
 Activity

 14 weeks
 ECTS/
 The C S L P Total
 Semester hours

Research and Innovation 1st 2 1 5/42
Management

Cognitive Systems and 1st 2 1 5/42
Knowledge Management

Advanced Techniques of 1st 2 1 5/42
Communication

Intellectual Property 1st 2 1 5/42
(the Patent)

Research 8/week 10/112

Risk and Strategic 2nd 2 1 5/42
Management

Advanced Technologies 2nd 2 1 5/42
in Engineering

Technologic Audit 2nd 2 1 5/42

Legislation, politics and 2nd 2 1 5/42
ITT Procedures

Research 8/week 10/112

Complex Informatics 3th 2 1 4/42
Systems

Intelligent Systems 3th 2 1 5/42

Enterprises Evaluation 3th 2 1 3/42
(the Tangibles)

Intellectual Property 3th 2 1 3/42
(the IT creations)

Research 12/week 15/168

Entrepreneurship and 4th 2 1 4/42
ITT Administration

Human Resources 4th 2 1 3/42
Management

Enterprises Evaluation 4th 2 1 3/42
the Intangibles)

Dissertation(research) 12/week 20/168

Total: 30 3 5 7 120/
 630; 560