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Graduate Certificates
Management of Technology and Innovation
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In an increasingly global economy integrated with technology, the innovative enterprises with effective and efficient management of technology and innovation will gain competitive advantage over their rivals. To respond to these needs of our potential employers, this certificate program in Management of Technology and Innovation was developed by the College of Business Administration with the cooperation of the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering and the guidance of the members of the Advancement Councils of the two colleges. This graduate certificate program offers courses in Management of Technology and other innovation-related business disciplines, including marketing, finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, and more. This certificate program will prepare the learners to innovatively manage a technology-driven enterprise.
To participate in the program the student must be formally admitted to The University of Akron as a graduate or non-degree graduate student. Students admitted to the Management of Technology and Innovation Certificate Program may enroll only in those courses required for completion of the certificate.
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Required Courses:
| 6500:665 |
Management of Technology |
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| 6500:669 |
Polymer Management Decisions |
| 6600:600 |
Marketing Concepts |
| 6200:601 |
Financial Accounting |
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| Recommended Electives: |
| From these courses, select any six credits for which you have proper prerequisites. |
| 6500:608 |
Entrepreneurship |
| 6500:650 |
Human Resource Systems for Managers |
| 6500:654 |
Management of Organizational Conflict |
| 6200:610 |
Process Analysis and Cost Management |
| 6400:602 |
Managerial Finance |
| 6500:600 |
Management and Organizational Behavior |
| 6500:602 |
Computer Techniques for Management |
| 6600:540 |
Product and Brand Management |
| 6500:656 |
Management of Global Supply Chain and Operations
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6500:665 MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY - 3 credits
Survey of the principles and management practices of technology driven organizations are discussed with concepts, models and case studies for managers of technology intensive operations.
6500:669 POLYMER MANAGEMENT DECISIONS - 3 credits
Introduces major polymer concepts, production processes, and uses of polymeric materials in an easy-to-comprehend interdisciplinary instructional way. Industrial case studies help integrate enterprise-wide innovation and technology management related decisions.
6500:608 ENTREPRENEURSHIP - 3 credits
Prerequisites: upper-college or graduate standing and 301 or 600 or equivalent. Students develop new products and work with entrepreneurial businesses in the development of business plans that are presented to investors and entrepreneurs in local and international business plan competitions.
6500:650 HUMAN RESOURCE SYSTEMS FOR MANAGERS - 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. A broad survey of the fundamental principles, research findings and practices related to the acquisition, development, maintenance and effective utilization of a business firm’s human resources.
6500:656 MANAGEMENT OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN - 3 credits Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. Deals with institutional environment of international business; parameters of international business system which hold the system together and which individual business people cannot materially alter.
6600:540 PRODUCT AND BRAND MANAGEMENT - 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600. Applied investigation into the management of new product development, product life cycle management, products mix strategies, brand positioning, brand image, and brand equity.
6600:654 MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT - 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. Course emphasizes ensuring that the organization benefits from inevitable conflicts that occur, and provides skills in diagnosis, negotiation, and building trust and cooperative working relationships in organizations.
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