Description

The innovation process and its management have been examined by scholars and practitioners for many years from the perspectives of a wide variety of disciplines. This course is designed to provide students with a robust framework that brings together a vast array of concepts, issues and challenges, cases, and best practices related to progress in the study and practice of innovation and technology and its management. The course will cover the key concepts, models, and methods that enable manager to effectively manage the development and utilization of technologies. The goal is to develop an awareness of the range, scope, and complexity of the phenomena, issues, and problems related to economics and management of technology and technological innovations.

Program

DBA

Objectives

• The objectives of the course are to: • To assess the range, scope, and complexity of the phenomena, issues, and problems related to technology management; • To discuss various problems where particular managerial decisions need to be taken such as technology acquisition and transfer; • To use a range of tools used in technology creation, search, assessment, selection, implementation, utilization, and strategy; • To describe the primary tasks and decisions that are required to turn a technological innovation into a sound business opportunity; • To assess how to integrate engineering and business knowledge in running business successfully.