MBA523: Emerging Technologies and Global Enterprise

Credit Hours:
3
Estimated Hours Per Week:
15

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.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • 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.
ENROLLMENT
To enroll in this course, please complete the online application.

Required Texts
MBA523 texts are available from the JIU/MBS bookstore