Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

Department: Management

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1

Description: This course is a study in the creation and maintenance of competitive advantage through the development and exploitation of technology in both core products and enabling processes. We study the formulation and implementation of technology strategy and seek to understand how new and improved technologies are exploited through innovation. We learn to formulate technology strategy. We explore the appropriate scope and dimensions of technology strategy, forces that shape it, processes for crafting it, and integration of technology strategy into the firm's corporate- and business-level strategies. We also study processes, management systems, and organizational structures that promote effective technology development. The focus is primarily on large firms. The perspective is that of general management. Repeatable for Credit.