Technology Management

In today's competitive environment where emerging new technologies have a great impact on companies' performance and play an increasingly positive role in their winning greater market share, it is highly important for each business to understand how the use of new technology will lead to the development of new, innovative products and the acquisition of strong competitive advantage. The postgraduate course in Technology Management consists of 3 main parts: - Strategic Management of Technological Innovation - Effective Management of Technology in Technology – Intensive Organizations - The Context of Technology Management: Platforms, Markets and Innovation

Objectives

Graduates should be able to use new technology as tool for: - labor substitution (automation) - productivity (enhancement) - information processing - social relations (change) eg roles, power, hierarchies, BPR, communications - reduction of operating costs - competitive advantage

Prerequisites

N.A.

Syllabus

- The formulation and implementation of the appropriate business strategy. - Skills and competencies that each manager has to acquire in order to operate effectively in a technology-oriented business environment. - Τhe fundamental changes in today’s business and socio-economic context that highly affect organizational management of technology.