NBA 6650

NBA 6650

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

This is an introductory management course covering the strategic management of technology and innovation in established firms as well as startup organizations. This course is designed for students who may someday work in, consult for, and/or create firms whose primary product is fundamentally related to technology or innovation. The course typically includes both M.B.A. students and graduate students in science. It starts by examining how industries are transformed by new technologies and how these patterns of industrial change generate both opportunity and high rates of firm failure. We will then explore the questions: Why do some technology leaders fail? and How do technology innovators successfully take on and replace incumbent firms? This leads to an examination of internal management issues, focusing on the design of innovative organizations: designing reward systems, managing growth, overcoming resistance to change, and using organizational culture to promote innovation.

When Offered Spring, Summer.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  9625 NBA 6650   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    The instructor for this class will be teaching in Person. Open to all students. For Johnson Students: If you are taking this class to fulfill your Leadership requirement, it must be taken for a letter grade. ** S/U or Letter Grade Only - NO AUDITS ALLOWED ** Hybrid: rotational in person attendance. You will be notified of your eligibility to attend in person and students should connect remotely until a seat is assigned. There will be no enrollment from a wait list into a class if you have a time conflict or if it will create an overload. Students dropping this course after February 22, 2021 will be assessed a fee of $100. The deadline to drop the class without a “W” is April 5, 2021 @11:59pm but you will still be charged the $100 late fee. Deadline to change the grading basis for Student Option classes: April 5th This course is a Management Science Elective. This course counts as a Leadership Elective.