Managing Innovation

Catalog description

: The course focuses on and develops your skills in managing the mismatch between technological possibilities and market demand, underscoring the management of technology and innovation as managerial problem solving. Uses a multi-level, multi-discipline approach and emphasizes leading and directing the organizations. The course addresses the close collaboration needed between R&D and other functional areas and the collaboration across the departments as well as firms. The technological and innovative needs of the firm over time, organizational adaptation to innovation and technological change will be covered. Conceptual issues that cut across industries, technologies are addressed. The course shows how to implement, from a managerial and organizational standpoint, any new technology including those that we don’t yet know about.