Course Catalog 2013-2014
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Course Catalog 2013-2014

TTA-62026 Technology in Society, 4 cr

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Saku Mäkinen, Marko Seppänen, Veli-Matti Lahti

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Assignment


 


 


 
 16 h/per
 20 h/per


 
TTA-62026 2013-01 Monday 16 - 18, F PIENI SALI 2
Tuesday 12 - 14, S2
Wednesday 12 - 14, F PIENI SALI 2
Thursday 16 - 18, F PIENI SALI 2
Friday 14 - 16, S2

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to identify the role of technology and technological decisions in the business context. The student will therefore be able to list and demonstrate different theoretical frameworks that are part of technology management (technology evolution, technology diffusion, social shaping of technology, systemic view of technology, and management of technology). In turn, the student will discover the connections between the different theoretical frameworks. During the course, the student will apply the theoretical frameworks to solve a technology management case, while participating in a group assignment.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The evolution of technology  - the causes of technological change - the S-curve model - the cyclical model of technological change - technological discontinuities - technological lock-in - path dependent development - dominant designs - technological forecasting   
2. The diffusion of technology  - the innovation-decision process - determinants of the rate of adoption - adopter categories - network externalities - crossing the chasm   
3. The social shaping of technology  - technology shaping society - society shaping technology - actors and networks in technological frames   
4. The systemic view of technology  - hierarchical structure of technology - co-evolution among technological sub-systems - evolution of technological systems and reverse salients - temporal measure of reverse salience as a measure of technological system dynamics   
5. Management of technology  - resource-based view of technology - technological core competence of organizations - continuous innovation and new product development - fuzzy-front-end of innovation - learning technology by using - learning technology by doing   

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

The course grade will be based on an exam and the group assignment. If the student demonstrates good understanding of the core content, the student may pass the course with the grade 3. In order to achieve grade 4, the student must demonstrate greater competency, for example, with respect to the points specified in column “Complementary knowledge”. The student may achieve grade 5, if the student demonstrates excellent command of the course contents and demonstrate competence in the points specified in column “Specialist knowledge”. If there are minor shortcomings regarding the core content, the student may receive the grade 1 or 2, depending on the number of flaws. If there are significant shortcomings regarding core content, the student will not pass the course.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TTA-62026 Technology in Society, 4 cr TETA-1507 Technology Management, 4 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TTA-62026 2013-01   Lectures
Practical works
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified07.01.2014