Course Catalog 2009-2010 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Saku Mäkinen, Marko Seppänen, Ozgur Dedehayir

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

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

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to identify the role of technology and technological decisions in the business context. The student will therefore be able to list and demonstrate different theoretical frameworks that are part of technology management (technology evolution, technology diffusion, social shaping of technology, systemic view of technology, and management of technology). In turn, the student will discover the connections between the different theoretical frameworks. During the course, the student will apply the theoretical frameworks to solve a technology management case, while participating in a group assignment.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	The evolution of technology: - the S-curve model	- the cyclical model of technological change - technological discontinuities - dominant designs - technological forecasting	- technological lock-in - path dependent development
2.	The diffusion of technology	- determinants of the rate of adoption - adopter categories - network externalities - crossing the chasm	- the innovation-decision process
3.	The social shaping of technology	- technology shaping society - society shaping technology	- actors and networks in technological frames
4.	The systemic view of technology: - hierarchical structure of technology	- evolution of technological systems and reverse salients	- co-evolution among technological sub-systems - temporal measure of reverse salience as a measure of technological system dynamics
5.	Management of technology: - technological core competence of organizations	- resource-based view of technology - continuous innovation and new product development - fuzzy-front-end of innovation	- learning technology by using - learning technology by doing

Evaluation criteria for the course

The course grade will be based on an exam and the group assignment. If the student demonstrates good understanding of the core content, the student may pass the course with the grade 3. In order to achieve grade 4, the student must demonstrate greater competency, for example, with respect to the points specified in column “Complementary knowledge”. The student may achieve grade 5, if the student demonstrates excellent command of the course contents and demonstrate competence in the points specified in column “Specialist knowledge”. If there are minor shortcomings regarding the core content, the student may receive the grade 1 or 2, depending on the number of flaws. If there are significant shortcomings regarding core content, the student will not pass the course.

Assessment scale:

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

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisites

Additional information about prerequisites
There are no compulsory prerequisites for attending the course but general knowledge concerning the basics of business is recommended.

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Last modified	11.01.2010
Modifier	Ozgur Dedehayir