University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Strategic Technology Management Specialization
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Strategic Technology Management Specialization

Gain a strategic view of technology & innovation. Participants learn tools 1) to gain strategic advantage as they manage and respond to technological and business model change, 2) to leverage technological changes to deliver new value that customers appreciate, and 3) to effectively lead innovation initiatives.

Deepak Somaya
E. Geoffrey Love
Ravi Mehta

Instructors: Deepak Somaya

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1 month
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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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Specialization - 3 course series

Technology Strategy: Creative Destruction

Course 111 hours4.8 (49 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Apply knowledge about innovation-driven patterns and lifecycles over time

  • Defend against and/or leverage technological disruption for business success

  • Analyze and innovate new business models that can disrupt existing industries and firms

  • Combine diverse technology and business knowledge to synthesize and implement a coherent strategic plan

Skills you'll gain

Category: Strategic Management
Category: Product Management
Category: R&D Management
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Innovation Management

Customer Centric Innovation

Course 27 hours4.6 (49 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Have a clear understanding of the concept of innovation – What is it, why is it important, and when and how does is it become successful.

  • Identify reasons underlying consumers’ psychological resistance to innovation.

  • Apply understanding of customer needs and the adoption process to identify opportunities for innovation and new product development.

  • Utilize and apply strategies to capture customer needs.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Market Research
Category: Customer Analysis
Category: New Product Development
Category: Innovation
Category: Customer Relationship Management
Category: customer analysis

What you'll learn

  • Differentiate the management and leadership challenges of innovation efforts from those that occur within established areas.

  • Demonstrate understanding of challenges associated with simultaneously dealing with new and established markets in a firm.

  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to effectively design and lead innovation teams of several types.

  • Demonstrate understanding of effectively leading organizational change, including designing change initiatives and addressing resistance to change.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Address resistance to innovation initiatives
Category: Orchestrate and lead organizational change
Category: Lead and develop innovation teams
Category: Design and lead innovation initiatives

Instructors

Deepak Somaya
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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