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Course Catalog 2010-2011
TETA-5516 Technology Strategy, 4 cr |
Person responsible
Saku Mäkinen, Marko Seppänen, Ozgur Dedehayir
Lessons
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Requirements
Passed grade for case study assignment, and passed grade for exam.
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 strategic 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 the strategic management technology (disruptive technologies, leadership-followership, VRIO, market-innovation orientation, diamond of technological strategy). In turn, the student will discover the connections between the different theoretical frameworks. During the course, the student will apply the theoretical frameworks to analyze a case company with respect to its technological strategy, while participating in a group assignment.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | External technological assessment: - evolution of technology | - technological environment of organizations - evolution of industries - technologies in systemic industries - disruptive technologies | - population ecology |
| 2. | Internal technological assessment - evolution of technology | - VRIO | - core technological competence |
| 3. | Technological strategy and competition: - technology for competitive advantage | - technological pioneering - leadership versus followership | - market-innovation orientation - the Hambrick diamond in technological strategy formulation |
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:
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Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses
More precise information per implementation
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