Graduate Course Catalog 2012-2013
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Management of Technology (MOT)
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This program is offered in Manchester through GSMC.
Degree Offered: M.S.
The Peter T. Paul College of Business & Economics has suspended admission, effective January 2013, to the Master of Management of Technology degree.
Certificates Offered: Business Fundamentals for Technical Managers, Advanced Concepts for Technical Managers, Advanced Management of Technology
The Paul College offers a master of science in the management of technology (M.S. MOT). The degree comprises 36 credits (12 courses) and is divided into three certificate modules: Business Fundamentals for Technical Managers, Advanced Concepts for Technical Managers, and Advanced Management of Technology.
The MOT program is a flexible evening-based program for professionals in technical fields or working adults seeking a career change. Depending on the starting term, the degree can be completed in roughly 18 months if choosing the full-time option. Part-time configurations allow for life- and work-interruptions without severe penalty to program continuity.
M.S. MOT graduates have demonstrated successful career advancement in industries challenged by rapid technological innovation and organizations that emphasize project-based work. Applications are accepted for the fall and spring semesters with start dates in late August and early January, respectively.
Please contact the Paul College Graduate Programs Office for details.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and meet the admissions standards of the University of New Hampshire Graduate School. A candidate should have significant (about five years or more) work experience. While the GMAT exam is not required, applicants may be asked to take the GMAT if the initial review of their transcripts reveals specific areas of concern or question.
Applicants are required to submit copies of prior academic records, three letters of recommendation, a resume, and a complete Graduate School application.
Please contact the Paul College Graduate Programs Office for details.
Degree Requirements
Please contact the Paul College Graduate Programs Office for details.
M.S. M.O.T. Courses
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Credits |
|---|
Courses
Courses
| Abbreviation | Course Number | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOT | 898 | Advanced Topics | 3 |
| MOT | 931 | Accounting and Finance for Technical Managers | 3 |
| MOT | 934 | Management of Technology and Innovation | 3 |
| MOT | 935 | Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| MOT | 936 | Leadership and Team Management | 3 |
| MOT | 939 | Information Systems/Management of Enterprise Systems | 3 |
| MOT | 941 | Product Development and Marketing | 3 |
| MOT | 942 | Project Management | 3 |
| MOT | 945 | Supply Chain Management and Procurement | 3 |
| MOT | 946 | Strategic Management of Technology | 3 |
| MOT | 947 | Managing Emerging Technologies | 3 |
| MOT | 948 | Business Planning and Program Management | 3 |
M.S. MOT Certificate Modules
Module A - Certificate: Business Fundamentals for Technical Managers
MOT 934 - Management of Technology
To manage uncertainty by identifying patterns of technological innovation and developing a strategic approach to managing technology projects.
Major Topics Include:
- Developing and sustaining competitive advantage through innovation
- Industry-level patterns of technological innovation
- Disruptive technology
- Enhancing firm innovativeness
MOT 931 - Accounting and Finance for Technical Managers
To develop, analyze, and interpret decision, control, and performance information within a financial, managerial, and strategic framework in the context of rapid technological and economic change.
Major Topics Include:
- Financial statements
- Budgets, standards, and variances
- Financial management
- Capital investment decisions
MOT 936 - Leadership and Team Management
To improve capabilities for leading upward, laterally, and downward and facilitating group processes in a way that evokes leadership behaviors on the part of all team members.
Major Topics Include:
- Effective leadership
- Team structures and processes
- Virtual teamwork
- Leadership, power, and influence
MOT 939 - Information Systems; Management Enterprise Systems
To develop and implement an Information System (IS) strategy and assess its effectiveness.
Major Topics Include:
- Establishing an effective IS strategy
- IS organization structure
- IS technology life cycle
- Innovation through service and support
Module B - Certificate: Program Management
MOT 935 - Quantitative Methods (including Quality Mgmt. and DOX)
To provide technology managers with quantitative methods useful for decision making.
Major Topics Include:
- Forecasting
- Decision analysis and decision trees
- Simulation and risk analysis
- Optimization
- Design of experiments
MOT 942 - Project Management
To provide foundation concepts and skills for project management.
Major Topics Include:
- Organization strategy and project selection
- Estimating project times and costs
- Scheduling resources and reducing project duration
- Managing project teams
- Project audit and closure
MOT 945 - Supply Chain Management
To overview supply chain management and key issues in procurement for large-scale, long-term projects.
Major Topics Include:
- Supply chain integration and complexity
- The value of information
- Supply chain alliances: Construction and Legitimization
- Outsourcing, procurement, and supply contracts
- Demand-based management
MOT 948 - Business Planning and Program Management
To provide advanced, multiple project management concepts and skills.
Major Topics Include:
- Strategy-driven project portfolio management
- Management of multiproject programs
- Organizational design and change
Module C - Certificate: Advanced Management of Technology
MOT 941 - Product Development and Marketing
To provide tools and techniques for successful new product development and marketing.
Major Topics Include:
- New product development processes
- Introduction to marketing
- Marketing customer relationship management (CMR)
MOT 898 - Advanced Topics
To provide students with cutting-edge information in various engineering and business topics.
Topics will be based on cutting-edge issues and matching student needs and interests.
MOT 946 - Strategic Management of Technology
To provide tools and techniques that help leaders manage technological change, create competitive advantage through technology, and achieve corporate goals.
Major Topics Include:
- Technology strategies
- Industry analysis and industry change
- Business strategies and competitive positioning
- Corporate strategies
- International and trans-national strategies
- Leading strategic change
MOT 947 - Intellectual Property and Emerging Technology
To provide theoretical and practical knowledge of the strategies, tools, and processes used to manage emerging technologies.
Major Topics Include:
- Opportunities and challenges of emerging technologies
- Using IP to identify and evaluate emerging technology
- Developing organizations and networks to develop emerging technologies
- Commercializing emerging technologies
