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Course Catalog 2011-2012
TETA-5516 Technology Strategy, 4 cr |
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Saku Mäkinen, Marko Seppänen, Ozgur Dedehayir
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 (e.g. 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. | Strategic management | - mission - objectives - strategy | - diamond of technological strategy |
| 2. | External technological assessment | - industry and 5 forces - SWOT - technology evolution (S-curves) - technology evolution (cyclical model) - disruptive technological change - evolution of industries - technologies in systemic industries | - organizational niche theory - complex products and systems - modular systems - large technical systems |
| 3. | Internal technological assessment | - VRIO - core competencies - sources of innovation | - dynamic capabilities |
| 4. | Formulating technology based strategy | - technology for competitive advantage - timing of entry - pioneering and follower strategies - diamond of technological strategy - collaboration strategies - market-innovation orientation | - patenting - new product development - technology roadmapping |
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