University of Gujrat

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Faculty of Computing and Information Technology

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Instructor: Mubbashar Hussain ([email protected])
Spring 2018 Semester

Title Technology Management

Code IT-302
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Theory/week:
Weight 3 Cr. Hrs.
Credit Hours Contact Hours 3 Hrs.
Lectures: 2
Duration 1.5 Hrs./Lecture

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Prerequisite Fundamental of IS
Prerequisite Skills
Category Core

To know; What is Technology? How we manage it? How can firms make it better? This course guides students through
the technology development process, and is intended to appeal to those interested in evolution, managing technology-
Aims and oriented firms, creating technology-driven start-ups, or consulting to such firms.
Objectives Students will understand how to better select technological opportunities and understand organizational challenges that
prevent these technologies from being successful. The class consists of case studies, and develop ability to view the firm
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as a whole and analyze the various functional areas of business and its external factors.

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 1. Develop an awareness of the range, scope, and complexity of technological innovation, and the issues

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related to managing technological change.
2. Understand different approaches to managing innovation.

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3. Clearly identify drivers and barriers to technological innovation within an organization.
4. Understand what it takes to manage technological innovation.
5. Students will learn how to apply knowledge of engineering, economics, and mathematics to analyze
Learning Outcomes
complex problems in the management of technology and information science.
6. Students will develop a broad, interdisciplinary knowledge of problems in the management of
technology and information science, and skills to address them.
7. Students will develop depth of expertise in the management of technology and information science.
8. Students will be able to collaborate and communicate effectively with individuals who have diverse
ideas, expertise, and skill levels within the fields of management of technology and information science.

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Syllabus
A-Technology Management: Activities and Tools by Dilek Cetindamar, Rob Phaal, and David Probert, Palgrave
Text Book/s Macmillan April 27, 2010). ISBN-10: 0230233341 (TB1)

B-Management of Technology: Managing Effectively in Technology- Intensive Organizations by Hans J. Thamhain,

Wiley; 2nd Edition (May 25, 2005). ISBN-10: 0471415510
Reference Material C-Managing Information Technology by Carol V. Brown, Daniel W. DeHayes, Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Wainright E. Martin,
and William C. Perkins, Prentice Hall; 7th Edition (March 18, 2011). ISBN-10: 0132146320
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D-"Management", Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, 11th Edition

 Microsoft PowerPoint slides

Instructional  White Board and Marker
Aids/Resources  Multimedia
 Photocopy Facility for Handouts, Quizzes, and Tests

Sessional 25% Mid Final Total 100%

25% 50%
Assessment Criteria Quizzes and Tests, Assignments and Paper 25 Paper 50 100
Presentation

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Frame
Work

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Source
(Book-Chapter

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Week Lecture Topic
No. Section
No.)
Overview of the Course:
1
Discussion on the Methodology Used in this Course
1 Introduction to Management:
2 Management and Organizations, Why Are Managers Important? Who Are Managers and Where Do D-ch 1
They Work? What Do Managers Do? Management Functions, How Is the Manager’s Job Changing?
3 Understanding Management’s Context: Constraints and Challenges D-ch 2
2 Managing Change and Innovation:
D-ch 3
4 The Change Process, Types of Organizational Change, Managing Resistance to Change,

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Contemporary Issues in Managing Change ,Stimulating Innovation
Planning:
Managers as Decision Makers, The Decision-Making Process, Effective Decision Making in Today’s
5 World, Foundations of Planning, The What and Why of Planning, What Is Planning? Why Do
D-ch 7, 8
3 Managers Plan? Goals and Plans, Types of Goals, Types of Plans, Setting Goals and Developing Plans,
Developing Plans, How Can Managers Plan Effectively in Dynamic Environments?
Strategic Management: D-ch-9
6 Why Is Strategic Management Important? A brief on Planning Tools and Techniques Assignment 1
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Organizing:
Designing Organizational Structure, Work Specialization, Departmentalization, Chain of Command,
Span of Control, Centralization and Decentralization, Formalization, Mechanistic and Organic
Structures, Strategy and Structure, Size and Structure, Technology and Structure, Environmental Test 1
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Uncertainty and Structure, Traditional Organizational Designs Simple Structure, Functional Structure, D-ch-10, 13
Divisional Structure, Managing Teams, Groups and Group Development, Turning Groups into
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Effective Teams, Creating Effective Work Teams, Current Challenges in Managing Teams, Managing
Global Teams, Building Team Skills, Understanding Social Networks
Leading:
Focus and Goals of Organizational Behavior, Attitudes and Job Performance, Personality, Perception,
8 D-ch-15,16
Learning, Contemporary Issues in Organizational Behavior, Organizational Communication,
Information Technology and Communication, Motivating Employees, Current Issues in Motivation
Introduction to Controlling:
9 D-Ch-18
What Is Controlling and Why Is It Important? Tools for Measuring Organizational Performance
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10 A Framework for understanding TM Activities and Tools A-ch 1

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 11 A Framework for understanding TM Activities and Tools (Continue) A-ch 1
Acquisition:

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6 A-ch-2
12 Introduction, Internal acquisition R&D, R&D Processes Assignment 2

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Acquisition:
13 A-ch-2
External technology, External Acquisition processes, Case study
7 Exploitation:
A-ch-3
14 Introduction, Commercialization, marketing Processes, Technology transfer
Test 2
Exploitation:
15 A-ch-3
Technology Utilization , utilization processes, case study
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Identification:
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Introduction, Definitions, Identification processes, case studies A-ch-4
Mid Term Examination

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A-ch-5
Learning:
17 Term Project
Introduction, Definitions, learning Processes
9 Allocation
Learning:
18 A-ch-5
learning Processes, case study
Protection: A-ch-6
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Introduction, Definitions, protection Processes
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Protection A-ch-6
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Protection Processes, case study Assignment 3
Selection:
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21 A-ch-7
Introduction, Definitions, Selection Processes
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Patent Analysis: A-ch-8
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Introduction, Where and why it is used, Process Test 3
Patent Analysis: A-ch-8
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Process, Case Study
12 Portfolio Management:
A-ch-9
24 Introduction, Where and why it is used, Process
Assignment 4
Portfolio Management:
25 Process, Case studies A-ch-9
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Road mapping:
26 Introduction, Where and why it is used, Process, Case studies A-ch-10

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27 Introduction, Where and why it is used, Process, Case studies Test 4

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Stage Gate: A-ch-11

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Introduction, Where and why it is used, Process, Case studies
Value Analysis/ Value Innovation: A-ch-12
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Introduction, Where and why it is used, Process, Case studies
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30 Presentations of Term Projects, Exercises through different scenarios

31 Presentations of Term Projects, Exercises through different scenarios

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32 Revision of the Course, Assessment of Learning Outcomes

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