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The Impact of Technology

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The Impact of Technology

This course is part of Value Creation Through Innovation Specialization

Instructor: Martin Vendel

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8 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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8 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

115 reviews

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

Flexible schedule

2 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

94%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Apply innovation theories and forecasting methods to predict how technologies may transform industries and markets.
Understand concepts such as disruptive innovation, megatrends, technology diffusion, and hype cycles.
Use foresight and backcasting techniques to map future business landscapes and technology-driven change.
Develop strategies for identifying opportunities, barriers, and value networks created by new technologies.

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In this course, you will learn how to use theories and methods to make predictions of the potential impact of new technology – in general, as well as for a specific application. This will prepare you for the changes that we are facing in society, and also help you take advantage of transformations that are driven by technology.

The Impact of Technology course takes a broad approach, including social and economic factors. You will study historical examples and learn to recognize recurring patterns and cycles. The curriculum includes general innovation theories, foresight methodology, value chain disruption, and strategy. The general process is as follows. First, you to learn how to draw a map of the potential future business landscape. After that, you identify interesting future business roles in emerging value networks. Finally, we find a path from where we are today to a desired end state. You will analyze how an industry or market may change if the technology which is available today is fully implemented in a 10 to 20-year perspective. In addition, you will identify barriers to such a development and make estimates regarding the timing. The course includes a number of assignments to facilitate your learning – some of them compulsory. We all know that the future can’t be fully predicted in detail. However, the methods presented in this course will help you identify potential consequences. In this way, you will get a toolbox for decision-making in the areas of technology, investments, career path, research & development, or portfolio management.

Module details

Welcome to the course! We start with a short introduction module where you will get a general introduction, a description of the overall process we will follow, a historical example and an assignment. You will after this module have a good general overview of the course and knowledge about what you will learn and what to expect.

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3 videos1 peer review

Relevant theories will help us in estimating the impact of technology. In this module three key innovation theories are included and by the end a more broad perspective is introduced.

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5 videos1 assignment1 peer review

When estimating the potential impact of a technology, it is essential to understand the technology delta: How much better is the new technology and is this delta significant enough to overcome the barriers to implementation and realise its full potential? We will in this module look at both the technology delta and the barriers to implementation. Supporting this analysis, the Gartner hype cycle, megatrends and industry transformation are given special attention.

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6 videos1 assignment2 peer reviews

6 videosTotal 45 minutes

Introduction to tech delta and barriers6 minutes
The tech delta8 minutes
The hype cycle7 minutes
Megatrends8 minutes
Barriers to change and diffusion8 minutes
Industry transformation8 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Technology delta and barriers30 minutes

2 peer reviewsTotal 120 minutes

Tech delta - comparing two technologies60 minutes
Analyzing a technology in a megatrend perspective60 minutes

Foresight in general, and backcasting in particular, is included in this module. After a general overview this module is built around one interactive sequential backcasting case.

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6 videos1 assignment4 peer reviews

6 videosTotal 38 minutes

Introduction to foresight8 minutes
Sequential backcasting9 minutes
Sequential backcasting - Debrief 16 minutes
Sequential backcasting case - Debrief 25 minutes
Sequential backcasting case - Debrief 37 minutes
Sequential backcasting - The complete picture4 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Foresight30 minutes

4 peer reviewsTotal 240 minutes

Sequential backcasting case - part 160 minutes
Sequential backcasting case - part 260 minutes
Sequential backcasting case - part 360 minutes
Sequential backcasting case - part 460 minutes

Technologies with a significant impact put existing value networks out of balance. New value networks are emerging around new technologies. This module covers value networks basics and let's you practice how to predict potential new value network roles and structures.

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5 videos1 assignment2 peer reviews

Roles within value networks are further studied in this module. The role, its relationships and dependencies are analyzed. You will learn how to assess, chose and develop a, for you, interesting value network role.

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5 videos1 assignment4 peer reviews

5 videosTotal 25 minutes

Introduction to Business roles and ideas5 minutes
Strength of a role5 minutes
Partnerships7 minutes
Stakeholder analysis6 minutes
Matching business role and idea3 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Business roles and ideas30 minutes

4 peer reviewsTotal 240 minutes

Porter's 5 forces60 minutes
Stakeholder analysis60 minutes
Role assessment60 minutes
Benchmarking roles60 minutes

It's not enough to identify potential roles, we also need to know how to get from where we are today to a desired position. The impact of a technology depends on how it is implemented. This module gives you some basic insights regarding strategy and what to consider regarding its formulation and implementation.

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4 videos1 assignment2 peer reviews

We have come to the end of the course. This video and the exam are the final elements included.

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1 video1 assignment

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Reviewed on Mar 5, 2017

The peer graded assignments can be a drag to completion, otherwise an excellent course

Reviewed on Nov 17, 2017

You have to be prepared to do a lot of assignments to complete this course. Which is good in a way but the video lectures should have been more elaborate in my opinion.

Reviewed on Sep 27, 2020

One of the best programs I have truly acquired new knowledge Thanks to Coursera and Mr: Martin Vendel

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