3
Course Hours Per Week:
15
Course Overview
This course takes a systems approach to exploring how emerging technologies are implemented in enterprises as they grow to operate globally. It emphasizes that social/behavioral and technical components must be integrated to ensure the success of the global enterprise. Students will investigate a wide range of related topics including:
- New business models and emerging technologies
- Corporate culture, structure, and emotions
- Proving the value of transformation
- Resistance, compliance, and commitment in transformation
The course project is a Technology Transformation Plan: Implementing a New Technology. Students will choose an organization and propose a new use of a specific technology within the organization. The plan will include a competitor analysis, a technology audit, a SWOT analysis, a cultural and structural analysis, a communication and education plan, and a business case for the use of the new technology.
Course Learning Objectives
- Describe new business models and new technologies for global enterprise.
- Use tools to identify the emergence of new technologies and methodologies to evaluate their potential for strategic competitive advantage.
- Develop technology transformation, analysis, and acquisition plans that are appropriate to a specific global business.
- Conduct detailed technical redesign and social redesign of work processes in support of technology transformation, analysis, and acquisition plans.
