DB-FPX8710 mirrors DB-FPX8610's structure but channels it into the Strategy and Innovation specialization. You analyze the literature on strategy and innovation theories alongside the practical aspects of creative thinking, then identify gaps in practice and generate project ideas grounded in real industrial, product, or market-based scenarios. As with the Leadership track, getting the gap-in-practice analysis right here pays off directly in the later seminar courses (DB-FPX8740, 8750). This guide explains the assessments and where academic support for DB-FPX8710 fits.
Course Overview
Strategy and Innovation: Theorizing, Crafting, Executing asks you to analyze the literature on strategy and innovation theories, as well as more practical aspects of creative thinking. You cultivate scholarly and practical knowledge from completed research studies, identify gaps in practice using established gap-analysis methods, and consider specific actionable responses to those gaps. You also investigate an array of strategy and innovation project ideas tied to current industrial, product-based, or market-based scenarios — the seedbed for your eventual doctoral project.
Key Assessments
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1Strategy and Innovation Literature Analysis
A review of current strategy and innovation theory, establishing the scholarly foundation for your gap analysis and eventual project topic.
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2Evidence for Gap in Practice
You identify and support, with literature evidence, a genuine gap between strategic/innovation theory and what's actually happening in organizations or markets.
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3Strategy and Innovation Project Ideas
You investigate and propose project ideas responding to the identified gap, grounded in real industrial, product, or market scenarios with realistic scope.
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4Creative Thinking Application
A practical application of creative-thinking techniques to a strategy or innovation challenge, connecting theory to applied problem-solving.
How We Help With DB-FPX8710
- Building a literature analysis specific to strategy and innovation theory, not generic management writing
- Identifying a gap in practice specific and evidenced enough to support a real doctoral project later
- Generating project ideas grounded in actual industrial, product, or market context rather than abstractions
- Connecting creative-thinking frameworks credibly to strategic decision-making
- APA 7 formatting and literature synthesis quality across all assessments
Common Challenges in This Course
As with the Leadership-track equivalent, the most consequential mistake is choosing a gap in practice that's too broad or insufficiently evidenced — this gap often becomes your actual project topic in DB-FPX8740/8750. A second common issue is generating project ideas that sound innovative but lack a realistic data source or feasible scope for a DBA-level applied project; reviewers want to see you're thinking practically, not just creatively.
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DB-FPX8710 FAQ
DB-FPX8420 (Teaching Business in Higher Education), the same shared foundational course required before any specialization track.
Not strictly, but it commonly becomes the working topic carried into DB-FPX8740/8750, so it's worth real care rather than treating it as a placeholder.
Same structure and skill set, but the literature and gap-analysis focus on strategy/innovation rather than organizational leadership — pick the course matching your chosen specialization.
Most rubrics expect a small, well-developed set (often 2-3) with enough detail to compare feasibility against each other.
It becomes harder the further you progress since later courses build directly on your chosen track — confirm your specialization choice before this course if possible.