Course Title: Innovation and Technology Management
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Innovation and Technology Management
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Prof Stuart Bateman
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 6672
Course Coordinator Email: stuart.bateman@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 57.3.19
Course Coordinator Availability: Email for Appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
In this course you will examine the management of innovation and technology taking an interdisciplinary perspective that links engineering with business management. Considering contemporary case studies and views from industry professionals you will develop new insights into the integration of technology strategy with business management in both large and start-up organisations. The course will explore how technology-based organisations create competitive advantage through exploitation of new technology and being innovative. Consideration and exploitation of intellectual property in the framework of ethical decision making are core pillars which you will consider in detail during the course.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course is an option course so it is not required to contribute to the development of Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) though it may assist your achievement of several PLOs for the following programs:
BH068P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Advanced Manufacturing & Mechatronics) (Honours)
BH076P23 Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Systems Engineering) (Honours)
BH086AMH23 Bachelor of Engineering (Advanced Manufacturing & Mechatronics) (Honours) / Bachelor of Business
For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide <http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=vpuqinw1z7jr;STATUS=A>.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Critically review models for technology management that link innovation, entrepreneurship and business strategy in the context of an engineering / technical services organisations business plan.
- Propose and defend a strategic framework for managing innovation and technology in a variety of engineering scenarios for advantage.
- Integrate and apply key operational aspects of managing innovation and technology (including the relationship with production, marketing, R&D and human resources) to a collaborative engineering project.
- Recognise the humanistic and ethical imperatives of managing innovation and technology and their application to decision making.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as pre-recorded lectures lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.
Prior to attending the timetabled, face-to-face sessions you will be expected to have completed the specified online activities.
You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
This course has no hurdle requirements.
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
Assessment tasks are directly aligned with each Course Learning Outcome. They are as follows:
Assessment 1: Written task assessment
Weighting: 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 & 2
Assessment 2: Laboratory assessment
Weighting: 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-4.
Assessment 3: Take Home Individual assignment
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-4.
Assessment 4: Team project
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-5.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.