Managing a High Tech Company: The CEO perspective

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We are living in an era where ‘technology’ companies are totally changing our lifestyle and it is obvious that artificial intelligence will push this trend further. Each and every industry will be disrupted by technology so understanding this mass transformation is crucial. Students will study how ‘management’ is executed in high tech companies and examine the differences from managing a traditional company. This course will cover mega trends in technology sector and will study a number of real word business cases. Examples of topics in this course include: (1) How to manage innovation (2) Critical success factors in tech companies (3) Technology’s role in platform business (two sided business, content platform business) (4) Culture & Talent management in tech industry (5) Tech M&As. On top of U.S tech companies, Asian tech companies will also be discussed due to their advanced implementation of technology (such as Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba in China and Kakao, Naver in South Korea) Also, the lecturer will share his experience as CEO of Kakao a technology company that services Kakao Talk, a mobile messenger that has 95%+ market share and is valued at around $10B in South Korea.