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TETA-5516 Technology Strategy, 4 cr |
Saku Mäkinen, Ozgur Dedehayir
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| Implementation 1 |
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Passed grade for case study assignment, and passed grade for exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
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The aim of the course is firstly to prepare students to analyze the competitive position of the organization from the perspectives of business and technology strategy. Secondly, the course aims to prepare students to identify different organizational and environmental factors and subsequently analytically assess different positioning options, leading to the selection of strategic decisions which prepare the organization to undertake competitive actions in the position chosen. In addition, students will familiarize themselves with technology management practices and their problematics in a manner that students can assess, compare, select as well as exploit technologies in order to reach the organization's objectives.
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Content, context, and process of technology strategy. | ||
| 2. | Assessing, selecting, constructing, and maintaining the technological competitive position of the organization. | ||
| 3. | Implementing technology strategy as a part of business strategy. | ||
| 4. | Alternative strategic actions, resources allocations, and organizing operations. |
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Journal | Are you sure you have a strategy? | Hambrick D. C, Fredrickson J. W. | Hambrick D. C, Fredrickson J. W. 2001. Are you sure you have a strategy? Academy of Management Executive 15(4): 48-59 | English | |||
| Journal | Building a technology strategy. | Lanigan, M. J. | English | ||||
| Journal | Innovation or customer orientation? An empirical investigation. | Berthon, P., Hulbert, J. M., & Pitt, L. | English | ||||
| Journal | Patterns in the Evolution of Product Competition. | Christensen C. M. | English | ||||
| Journal | Technology Hype Cycle | Jackie Fenn | English | ||||
| Journal | The financial implications of fit between competitive strategy and innovation types and sources. | Zahra, S. A. & Covin, J. G. | English | ||||
| Journal | Toward a Systematic Framework for Research on Dominant Designs, Technological Innovations, and Industrial Change. | Murmann, J. P. & Frenken, K. | English |
| Course | O/R |
| TETA-1506 Technology Management | Recommended |
| Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation | |
| Implementation 1 | The aim of the course is firstly to prepare students to analyze the competitive position of the organization from the perspectives of business and technology strategy. Secondly, the course aims to prepare students to identify different organizational and environmental factors and subsequently analytically assess different positioning options, leading to the selection of strategic decisions which prepare the organization to undertake competitive actions in the position chosen. In addition, students will familiarize themselves with technology management practices and their problematics in a manner that students can assess, compare, select as well as exploit technologies in order to reach the organization's objectives. | Lectures Practical works |
Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 % |