MIS 463 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
This course analyzes issues involved in the planning, development, and implementation of technological capabilities to achieve the strategic and operational objectives of an organization. Students investigate the role of product and process innovation in creating, developing and implementing new product and process technology in organizations. The course also examines the complex relationships of a firm's product and process technologies to its competitive environment and organizational structure. New technologies are reviewed and assessed through life cycle analysis, technology assessments and case studies. Technology-based product design is reviewed. Building managerial environments that enhance technological creativity is explained.
Recommended: Completion of all MIS Tier One courses (MIS 320, 328, 335 and 467) before taking this course.
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Special information
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective August 24, 2002 to present
Learning outcomes
General
- To be aware of the range, scope, and complexity of the issues and problems related to the strategic management of technology and innovation.
- To understand the "state of the art" of the strategic management of technology and innovation.
- To understand a conceptual framework for assessing and auditing the innovative capabilities of a business organization.
- To gain insight concerning the skills necessary to be effective as a general manager in the innovation process.
- To analyze practice in defining and working out strategic management problems related to technological innovation and corporate entrepreneurship.