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Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences International Economic Development Program
Lecture Code	WMH01301	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	Management of Technology
Subject Name （Katakana）	ギジュツケイエイロン
Subject Name in English	Management of Technology
Instructor	TAKAHASHI YOSHI
Instructor (Katakana)	タカハシ　ヨシ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Thur5-8：IDEC 204
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
			lecture, discussion, and student presentation
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	04 : Management
Eligible Students	1st year
Keywords	innovation, technology, operations, management
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Technology management is one of the most critical aspects in order to improve long term performance of firms. The course mainly discusses technology, innovation and operations at the firm level, regarding theoretical foundations as well as management practices such as lean operations and total quality management. The other focus is on the relationship between technology management and the major fields of management studies including strategy, organization and human resource management. In this context, the firm cases from developed, emerging and developing countries are introduced.
Class Schedule	Part 1: Management of technological innovation (Schilling, 2019) lesson1 Course introduction / Introduction to technological innovation lesson2 Sources of innovation lesson3 Types and patterns of innovation lesson4 Defining the organization’s strategic direction lesson5 Choosing innovation projects lesson6 Organizing for innovation lesson7 Managing the new product development process lesson8 Managing new product development teams Part 2: Operations management (Slack & Brandon-Jones, 2019) lesson9 Operations management lesson10 Operations performance lesson11 Operations strategy lesson12 Lean operations lesson13 Operations improvement lesson14 Quality management Part 3 Term paper abstract presentation lesson15 Presentation of 300-word abstract and discussion Term paper assignment (a five-page review of an SSCI/SCI management and business journal article on technology management)
Text/Reference Books,etc.	1. Melissa Schilling. (2019). Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, 6th ed. McGraw-Hill. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hiroshima-ebooks/reader.action?docID=6148214 2. Nigel Slack and Alistair Brandon-Jones. (2019). Essentials of Operations Management, 9th ed. Pearson Education. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hiroshima-ebooks/reader.action?docID=5751937 More references will be introduced in the classes upon necessity.
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Suggestions on Preparation and Review	1-14. Read assigned material before class and review class discussion afterwards. 15. Prepare term paper abstract before class and modify it after class based on comments from others.
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Grading Method	Grading is determined by participation in discussion (25%), weekly assignment (25%), term paper abstract presentation (10%), and final paper evaluation (40%).
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