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NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY

Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya
INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE
IM No. 1: ENGG3-1STSEM-2020-2021
College: Engineering
Campus: Bambang

DEGREE BSME COURSE NO. ENGG3

PROGRAM
SPECIALIZATION Mechanical COURSE TITLE Technopreneurship
YEAR LEVEL 2nd Year TIME FRAME 3 Hrs WK NO. 1 IM NO. 01

I. UNIT TITLE/CHAPTER TITLE

TECHNOPRENEURSHIP

II. LESSON TITLES Innovation and Ideas

1. Technopreneurship
1.1 Definition of Terms
1.2 Purposes of Teaching Technopreneurship Skills to Engineers and
Scientists
2 Engineering Entrepreneurs
2.1 Benefits of Technopreneurship
2.2 Difference between Adaptive Entrepreneur/Engineer from Inventive
Entrepreneur/Engineer
2.3 Two types of Engineer Entrepreneur
2.4 What Kind of Engineers are Produced?
3 Innovation
3.1 Innovation’s Framework
3.2 Related Concepts
3.3 4 Common Types of Innovation

III. LESSON OVERVIEW

This module provides students an in-depth understanding on innovation, its framework, types and
kind. This lesson aims to summarize the importance of Technopreneurship.

IV. DESIRED LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Define basic concepts relative to technopreneurship.

2. Explain innovation in various contexts.
3. Differentiate organization-driven ideas from market-driven ideas.
4. Give examples on organization-driven ideas and market-driven ideas.
5. Deepen one’s determination in pursuing a degree in the field of engineering.

V. LESSON CONTENT

Introduction

1. Technopreneurship is the merging of knowledge in technology with entrepreneurship skills.

The term ‘technopreneurship’ is the amalgamation of the century’s most powerful two words –
entrepreneurship and technology. A person who identifies a gap or opportunity in any market, industry
or process, converts it into a service or product, conducts market research, estimates probable profits
and earnings and creates a successful business is called an entrepreneur. The entire process of
doing the same is known as entrepreneurship.

1.1 Purpose of teaching Technopreneurship skills to Engineers and Scientists:

 To support regional economic development
 For student skill development

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 To increase the University’s competitive edge.
 To increase the nation’s competitiveness in century’s global economy.

“Our nation needs engineers who not only can do engineering problems but can participate in bringing
ideas and products to market.” – Frank Hubard, Director ASEE

1.2 Importance of Technopreneurship

1. Entrepreneurs form the lifeblood of a healthy economy.
2. Entrepreneurs led the country out of every recession.
3. Entrepreneurs are responsible innovators.
4. Start new business, new jobs are created, and the fastest-growing companies.

2. Engineering Entrepreneurs
- One who organize, manages and assumes risk of an engineering business enterprise.
- Solve a problem that exist in the market
- One that creates long term value

2.1 Benefits of Technopreneurship

1. Self-employment
2. More satisfied with their jobs, more likely to innovate
3. Increase sales growth

2.2 Difference between Adaptive Entrepreneur/Engineer from

Inventive Entrepreneur/Engineer

Adaptive Entrepreneur/Engineer Inventive Entrepreneur/Engineer

- Doing things better - Doing things differently

- Products are cheaper, quality are higher, - It could be risky but new and a
faster to do and improved breakthrough

2.3 Two types of Engineer Entrepreneur

Adaptor Innovator

Solves problem in tied and understood ways Discover problems and avenues of solutions,
it question assumption

Work for slow, incremental change, Takes control of unstructured situations,

continuous improvement invents, and provides dynamics to bring about
radical change of new paradigm.

Seen an authority in current paradigm Seen by adaptive, unsound, impractical and

shocking

Precise, reliable, disciplined, prudent and Impatient with routine

conforming

Essential to the functioning of the system Valued for communicating information as

advanced technology

There is continuity to the partnerships Chaotic and undisciplined

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2.4 What kind of Engineers are produced?

- Discovers research phenomena - Inventors become entrepreneurs

- Problem solvers - Inventors find new problems to
- Work on given problems solve
- Assistant - Creators
Dream-up ideas

“The countries with no natural resources tend to dig inside themselves. They try to tap the
energy, entrepreneurship, creativity, intelligence of their own people rather than drill an oil well” –
Thomas Friedman

Research - The systematic investigations into and study of materials and sources in order to establish
facts reach new conclusion.

Development – the process of +coming into existence or creating something new or more advance.

Translation Research – an effort to build on basic scientific research to create new procedures.

Market-driven – means you are building products that customer wants to buy. The less risky but the
more sensible approach.

Product-driven – means that you are building products that trying to find a market for them.

Innovative-driven – type of entrepreneurship to keep the company in position of sustainable leadership

overtime.

3. Innovation
- The process of translating an idea or invention into a good or service that creates value or for which
customers will pay.
To be called an innovation, an idea must be replicable at an economical cost and must satisfy a
specific need. Innovation involves deliberate application of information, imagination and initiative in
deriving greater or different values from resources, and includes all processes by which new ideas
are generated and converted into useful products. In business, innovation often results when ideas
are applied by the company in order to further satisfy the needs and expectations of the customers.

3.1 Innovation’s Framework

Input Output
Production
Laborer Reduced wastage,
Technology processing time, and
Machinery Process production cost
Materials Improved
quality,
3.2 Related Concepts efficiency and
productivity
Process innovation – implementation of new or significantly improved production or delivery methods

Service innovation – significantly improved service concepts in a new existing market

Product innovation – significantly improved product in a new existing market

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Business model – describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers and captures value
in economic, social, culture, etc. A design for the successful operation of a business, identifying revenue
sources, customer base, products and details of financing.

Innovative Matrix
- One way to categorize innovation is to classify based on technology if uses and the market it operates
in.

Incremental Disruptive
Sustaining Radical

3.3 Four (4) Common Types of Innovation

1. Incremental innovation – incremental, gradual and continuous improvements in the existing concepts,
products, processes and services in the existing market.
- Products can be smaller, easier to use or more attractive without changing the core functionality of it.
Services can be made more efficient through constant improvements.
2. Disruptive innovation – refers to a concept, product or service that create a new value network either
by entering an existing market or by creating completely new market.
- A market is generally disruptive by a new entrant than an incumbent.
- Traditional business methods fail and required new capabilities.
3. Sustaining innovation – opposite disruptive innovation, instead of creating new value networks, it
improves and grows the existing ones by satisfying a customer.
- It continues to grow the market slowly, but no longer in the same proportion.
4. Radical innovation – is rare as it has similar characteristics to disruptive innovation but is different in
any way that is simultaneously new revolutionary technology in a new business model.
- Solves global problems

VI. LEARNING ACTIVITIES

A. Identify whether products or services

1. Doctor
2. Medicine
3. Engineering Plans and Specifications
4. Design
5. Paper
6. Feasibility Study
7. Research/er
8. Engineer
9. Diagnose
10. Stem cell

B. Identify whether product-driven or market-driven in building products

1. Big steel for construction of columns in the mountainside
2. Pants for males
3. Cellphone
4. Leather jackets
5. Uniform

C. Match the meaning of the words/ Matching Type

1. Radical innovation a. discovers problems
2. Technopreneurship b. solve problem that exists
3. Adaptor c. design for the successful operation of a bus
4. Innovation d. gradual and improvements
5. Engineering entrepreneurs e. to support regional economic development
6. Business model f. improved product in a new existing market
7. Incremental innovation g. work for continuous improvement
8. Product innovation h. new revolutionary technology in a new

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business model
9. Development i. creating something new
10. Research j. study of materials and sources in order to
establish facts

D. Essay
1. Explain the basic concepts relative to technopreneurship.
2. Define the two types of engineer entrepreneur and explain their differences/similarities.
3. In your own understanding, explain the innovation’s framework process.
4. Give examples on the related concepts of innovation and explain the significance in the field of
engineering.
5. What kind of engineering student are you? Elaborate your answer.

VII. REFERENCES

Advincula, R.C(2016, May 13) Engineering Entrepreneurship or Entrepreneurship for Engineers

Retrieved from http://www.phildev.org/t101-course-outline

Innovation(2020) Retrieved from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/innovation.html

http://www.me.mtu.edu/advisory_board/spring2007/Attachment_L.pdf
http://www.reviewingresearch.com/why-research/
https://www.imedpub.com/articles/translational-research-definitions-andrelevance.php?aid=23000
https://inbounddigital.net/digital-marketing-blog/market-driven-vs-product-driven/
https://www.infoclutch.com/blog/product-driven-vs-customer-driven-which-is-best-strategy
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:Process_innovation
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What is Technopreneurship? What is its meaning, importance & example? - iTMunch

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