HRD 501 - Fundamentals of Technological Innovation

3 credits

This course prepares technologists, engineers, and technology entrepreneurs with knowledge and skills necessary to manage and lead technological innovation in organizations. The course explores approaches and perspectives on issues critical to developing human resource capabilities, protecting intellectual property, and using technology as a strategic resource to facilitate technological innovation. This course combines theory and practice to introduce learners to problem solving and change through four levels of analysis: individual, team, process, and organizational. At each level of analysis, particular attention is given to conditions under which technological innovation succeeds or fails.

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