MGB-251-001 Management of Innovation

Fall 2019
CRN: 50949
Instructor: Hargadon, Andrew
Day/Time: Even Weekend Friday
Location: San Ramon

Course Description
This course focuses on the management of technology-based innovation. Topics include the impact of new technologies on industries, dominant designs, incremental and transformative innovations, and the life-cycle of products. The class will examine the organization of highly innovative firms, and the relationship of core competencies to both innovation and rigidity. Addresses the relationship of innovation to management practices such as leadership, competitive strategic planning and teamwork by using cases and field studies. Students perform an innovation audit of an area firm.
Prerequisite: 201A
Grading Policy: Letter
Concentration: Entrepreneurship/Innovation, Strategy, Technology Management, Organizational Behavior

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