Undergraduate Course: The Management of Technology (BUST10034)

Course Outline
School	Business School	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The course examines the introduction of new technology, the fundamental changes of a new technology on how goods and serivces are produced and delivered to the market, and the consequences of a new technology for new market opportunities and commercial exploitation. Management issues related to technology implementation will be a key theme of the course, that include how technological elements are combined with available human, technical and organisational elements to produce novel configurations appropriate for meeting organisational objectives and delivering new forms of value. One important objective of the course is to equip students with knowledge and skills to assess technology usage in different organisations contexts; be they in new ventures, small firms or large global corporations. Increasingly, the course discusses the use of information and digital technologies from the perspective of managers who are required to ensure value is extracted from their use and deployment.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	Business Studies Honours entry.

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students should have at least 3 Business Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 40 %, Coursework 60 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	By one discussion paper, one project and a final exam. Discussion paper - 20% (2000 words) Project - 40% (3000 words) Exam - 40% Visiting Student Variant Assessment By one discussion paper, one project and one 1500-3000 word essay. Discussion paper - 20% Project - 40% Essay - 40%
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	By one discussion paper, one project and a final exam. Discussion paper - 20% (2000 words) Project - 40% (3000 words) Exam - 40% Visiting Student Variant Assessment By one discussion paper, one project and one 1500-3000 word essay. Discussion paper - 20% Project - 40% Essay - 40%
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No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING: 1. Appreciate the complex character of technology as involving technical, organisational, financial and cultural aspects; 2. Familiar with the range of technologies currently attracting managerial attention; 3. Appreciate the range of analytical frameworks available and their differential appropriateness for structuring the diversity of management problems confronted; 4. Appreciate other resources available (theories, methods, techniques, information sources, and agencies)for analysing and managing the implementation of new technologies, especially under conditions of rapid change; 5. Understand the range of management issues involved in successful implementation. COGNITIVE SKILLS 1. Assess critically the nature of different technologies; 2. Analyse the complex situations typical of technology implementation; 3. Identify an appropriate framework of analysis for the particular situation addressed; 4. Discuss the results of their analysis of implementation in both written and verbal forms; 5. Organise and manage a practical management project. KEY SKILLS 1. Analyse certain real world management problems; 2. Assimilate and present critical evaluations of relevant articles and reports; 3. Prepare and present to a professional standard of competence an appropriate report on their project. SUBJECT SKILLS 1. Skills for analysing technology implementation; 2. An ability to integrate effectively their understanding of disparate technical and organisational elements.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Keywords	MT

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Stephen Harwood Tel: (0131 6)51 5243 Email: stephen.harwood@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Miss Anne Cunningham Tel: (0131 6)50 3827 Email: Anne.Cunningham@ed.ac.uk