Course Catalog 2011-2012
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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

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Assignment


 
 20 h/per
 20 h/per


 


 


 
TETA-5516 2011-01 Monday 12 - 14, FB118
Wednesday 10 - 12, FB118
Monday 12 - 14, F PIENI SALI 1
Monday 12 - 14, F PIENI SALI 2
Thursday 9 - 16, FC110

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:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TETA-5516 2011-01   Lectures
Practical works
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified06.10.2011