2004-2005 MBA in Technology Management
2004 - 2005 Master of Business Administration in Technology Management (MBATM)
Program Goals | Program Requirements
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Program Director: Kimberly Dodson
Graduate Coordinator: Phuong Presson
The MBATM program is designed to develop the skills necessary for effective
and strategic managers in technology firms. The program focuses on the marketing,
financing, management, operations, product development, management, and intellectual
property issues facing the technology firm in a global strategic context. The
program develops skills and models that can be used for both entrepreneurial
and intrapreneurial technology managers. Leaders from national and international
technology firms, as well as from technology funding and legal support firms,
play an instrumental role in the course development and teaching in the MBATM
program.
Program Goals
Today's business leader is challenged with enhancing the firm's competitive
position in the face of an increasingly fast global technology cycle. In order
to fulfill this mandate, the firm must learn to harness technology and to adjust
firm processes to support technological change and progress. The program is
designed to develop these skills in business leaders. The program is specifically
designed to:
- Familiarize the student with the unique issues facing technology-based firms;
- Build models for evaluating and measuring market opportunities and constraints;
- Develop tools for successful delivery of technology products to the market;
- Foster critical thinking and analytical tools that allow the effective leader
to adapt quickly and effectively to operating environments;
- Develop the professional business models and skills necessary to lead in
technology sectors.
Program Requirements
Forty-five graduate semester hours, plus any competency coursework (surveys)
as determined by the Graduate Programs Director, are required to complete the
program and earn the Master of Business Administration in Technology Management
degree. The MBATM degree draws upon a 30 credit hour technology commercialization
core, consisting of the following courses (please see course descriptions at
the end of this catalog for details concerning course requirements and prerequisites).
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Requirement Description
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Survey Courses
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MBA 500* Business Writing Survey
MBA 501 Economics Survey
MBA 502 Accounting Survey
MBA 503 Business Law Survey
MBA 505* Business Computer Applications Survey
MBA 506 Quantitative Methods Survey
MBA 507 Statistics Survey
*All students must complete MBA 500 and MBA 505. Students may submit a
writing portfolio to demonstrate writing proficiency and take the appropriate
test-out procedure for MBA 505. Only one portfolio for MBA 500 and test-out
procedure MBA 505 will be evaluated and must be submitted before the end
of the student's first month in the MBATM program. Decisions concerning
the acceptability of writing and computing portfolios are final. See Graduate
Coordinator for specific due date.
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Required Technology Commercialization Core Courses
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MTECH 610 Introduction to the Process of Technological Innovation
MTECH 611 Technical Standards and Competition in High Tech Industries
MTECH 612 Macroeconomic Perspectives on Technological Change
MTECH 613 Microeconomic Perspectives on Technology and the Economy
MTECH 614 The Development of New Technology Products
MTECH 615 Marketing of Technology
MTECH 616 Technology and Organizational Behavior
MTECH 617 Human Resources and New Technology
MTECH 618 Fundamentals of Financing Technology Ventures
MTECH 619 Legal and Strategic Issues in Financing Technology Ventures
MTECH 620 Intellectual Property Law
MTECH 621 Intellectual Property Strategy
MTECH 622 Licensing Strategy
MTECH 623 Technology Commercialization, Research Institutions & Government
MTECH 624 International Dimensions of Technology Management
MTECH 625 Organizations, Technology, and Society
MTECH 626 Principles of Managing Technology Projects
MTECH 627 Implementing Technology Projects
MTECH 628 Design and Evolution of Technology Commercialization Strategy
MTECH 629 Enactment of Technology Commercialization Strategy
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MBA Courses
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MBA 603 Ethics
MBA 610 Managerial Marketing
MBA 620 Operations Management
MBA 645 Managerial Finance
MBA 651 Strategic Practicum
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TOTAL HOURS FOR THE MBATM DEGREE
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Waiver examinations may be taken in place of survey courses. A maximum of 9
approved graduate hours may be transferred toward the MBATM Program from other
institutions. Of this number, only three credits may be applied to hours required
by graduate certificate programs. Courses completed at other graduate institutions
must be awarded a minimum of a B grade to be eligible for credit. Waivers or
substitutes for program requirements must be approved by the program director
and the school dean.
A grade of C is the lowest passing grade for all graduate courses except for
MTECH 628, MTECH 629 and MBA 651 where a grade of B is the minimum acceptable
grade Students must take all course work, including survey work, for letter
grades.
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