Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Saku Mäkinen, Hanna-Kaisa Desavelle, Ozgur Dedehayir

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 4 : Wednesday 14 - 16, K1703

Requirements

- Exam - Group assignment
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

Generally, the objective of the course is to give insight into the effects of technological development in different levels of human activity. More specifically, the object of the course is to familiarize students with issues regarding technology development, implementation and commercialization. Moreover, the object of the course is that students understand the role of technology and technological decisions in business context.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	The general nature of technological evolution.	- the cyclical model of technological change - the technology life cycle (S-curve) - technological discontinuities - dominant designs
2.	The diffusion of technology.	- the innovation-decision process - determinants of the rate of adoption - adopter categories - network externalities - crossing the ï¿¿chasmï¿¿
3.	The social shaping of technology.	- shaping or being shaped by technology - actors and networks in technological frames - technological development: fact or fiction?
4.	The systemic view of technology.	- technological co-evolution - reverse salience
5.	Technological strategies.	- resource-based view - stakeholder perspective

Evaluation criteria for the course

- Accepted exam - Accepted group assignment The grade will be based on the exam grade, but meritous group assignment may raise the grade.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Practical works Other contact teaching	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	13.08.2008
Modifier	Hanna Hämäläinen