NBA 6650

NBA 6650

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

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.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  9286 NBA 6650   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: 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. Add/Drop Dates: Johnson Students – January 18th at 8:00am to February 7th at 11:59pm. You may add or drop a full semester class after February 7th with permission of the faculty. A late fee of $100.00 will be charged for each add or drop transaction. If you are dropping after March 21st you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fees. Deadline to change grading option: March 21st, 2022 Non-Johnson students may add themselves to the waitlists during their enrollment periods, however Johnson Students have priority into the classes and non-Johnsons will be enrolled: 1) IF seats are still available after Johnson students complete their enrollment period and 2) IF the instructor allows. ** S/U or Letter Grade Only - NO AUDITS ALLOWED ** 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. Deadline to change the grading basis for Student Option classes: This course is a Management Science Elective.