Unit I: Competitive Intelligence (CI)
1. Concept and scope of CI
2. Intelligence as organizational function
3. Resources and processes to produce intelligence
4. Legal and ethical aspects of CI
Unit II: Technology Watch (TW)
5. Concept and scope of TW.
6. TW/CI systems for managing Research, Development and Innovation in corporate settings: concept, standards, and implementation
7. Tools and techniques for gathering, analysing, synthesising, and communicating TW
8. Evaluating the impact of TW.