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WM083-15 Technology Management and Innovation

Department
WMG
Level
Taught Postgraduate Level
Module leader
Dita Amry
Credit value
15
Module duration
1 week
Assessment
100% coursework
Study location
University of Warwick main campus, Coventry

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Introductory description

This module looks at the role and value of innovation and technology in the business. It addresses how to manage innovation and technology at both a strategic and operational level in a business. It will also consider how to select and apply appropriate frameworks and techniques for identifying, assessing and delivering technological change at an acceptable risk.

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Module aims

The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of innovation and the role that technology management plays in achieving innovation.

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

  • Innovation & competitive performance
  • Relationship between technology and innovation
  • Emergent technologies in business organisations
  • Creating an environment for innovation
  • Technology strategy
  • Technology management framework
  • Technology road mapping
  • Case studies
  • Simulation

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

  • Appraise business ‘conditions’ for innovation and examine its relationship with competitive performance
  • Critically examine the role of technology and demonstrate how its effective management contributes to innovation
  • Effectively apply an approach for managing technology in an organisation as a team
  • Understand and apply a holistic framework for the effective management of technologies for innovation
  • Demonstrate the application of tools and techniques to identify and deliver technological change at an acceptable risk

Indicative reading list

  • Cetindamar, D, R. Phaall and D. Probert - Technology Management: Activities and Tools –Palgrave
    Macmillan, 2016
    . Keely, L., R.Pikkel, B.Quinn, H. Walters - The Ten Type of Innovation ,Wiley & Sons, 2013
    . Schilling, Melissa - The Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, McGraw Hill, 2020
    . Baltzan, Paige - Business Driven Technologies, McGraw Hill Education, 2019
  • Daim, T.U, T.Oliver, R.Phaal - Technology Roadmapping, World Scientific,, 2018
  • Phaal R., C. Farrukh , D. Probert - Roadmapping for Strategy and Innovation: Aligning Technology and
    Markets in a Dynamic World, University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing, 2010

Subject specific skills

technology management, innovation, emerging technologies, technology strategy, technology roadmapping

Transferable skills

communication skills, analysis, critical thinking, strategy development

Study time

Type Required
Lectures 10 sessions of 1 hour (7%)
Seminars 20 sessions of 1 hour (13%)
Practical classes (0%)
Work-based learning 30 sessions of 1 hour (20%)
Online learning (scheduled sessions) (0%)
Online learning (independent) 15 sessions of 1 hour (10%)
Private study 15 hours (10%)
Assessment 60 hours (40%)
Total 150 hours

Private study description

Online self-directed learning on Moodle, literature search & workbook-based exercises.

Costs

No further costs have been identified for this module.

You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Assessment group A3
Weighting Study time Eligible for self-certification
Assessment component
Coursework 80% 50 hours Yes (extension)

Written assignment: choice of questions, choose one.
Reassessment component is the same
Assessment component
Case Studies 20% 10 hours No

Group case study including an introduction, group work to analyse and discuss a given case, and finished with group presentation. The maximum presentation time for any one presentation is between 10 - 15 minutes. Work is marked collectively if contribution is equal, or may be individually adjusted based on different contribution levels.
Reassessment component
Case Study Yes (extension)

Individual assessment. Case study work with introduction, analysis and explanation, and individual reflection on group work.
Feedback on assessment

Written feedback will be provided in a report for all Post Module assignments. Feedback for the case studies will be given verbally during the module with written feedback for all in-module components provided within a week of the face to face part of the module.

There is currently no information about the courses for which this module is core or optional.