Curriculum and Course Descriptions
EMTM Program courses are grouped into five broad subject areas:
- Strategic Issues
- People Management
- Innovation Process & New Product/Business Development
- Functional Business Management
- Integrated Business Simulation
These distinct knowledge areas are linked together by common educational threads resulting in a comprehensive, integrated learning experience.
Changes in the schedule may be required in any given year to accommodate individual faculty schedules.
Fall Course Schedule
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Summer 1 Residency
EMT 740 Team Leadership Development in Technical Organizations
EMT 628 Financial Mgt Ramp
EMT 758 Communications Workshop etc
Fall 1
EMT 624 Managerial Accounting
EMT 715 Strategic Business Planning
Spring 1
EMT 677 Emerging Technologies
EMT 623 Financial Management
Summer 1
EMT 642 Marketing Management in Technical Organizations
Fall 2
EMT 751 Project Management & Leadership
EMT 714 Technology Strategy
Spring 2
EMT 752 Corporate Entrepreneurship
EMT 672 New Product & Service Innovation
EMT 798 Capstone
Spring Course Schedule
Download the Spring course schedule [PDF, 17KB].
Spring Residency
EMT 740 Team Leadership Development in Technical Organizations
Financial Mgt Ramp, Communications Workshop etc.
Spring 1
EMT 624 Financial Analysis for Technical Organizations
EMT 677 Emerging Technologies
Summer 1
EMT 715 Strategic Business Planning
Fall 1
EMT 714 Technology Strategy
EMT 642 Marketing Management
Spring 2
EMT 752 Corporate Entrepreneurship
EMT 672 New Product & Service Innovation
Summer 2
EMT 623 Financial Management
EMT 751 Project Management & Leadership
EMT 798 Capstone
Course Descriptions
Strategic Issues
- EMT 677 Emerging Technologies
This course discusses emerging technologies, how they evolve, how to identify them and the effect of international, political, social, economic and cultural factors on them. Topics covered in the course include accuracy of past technology forecasts, how to improve them, international perspective on emerging technologies, future customer trends and forecasting methodologies such as monitoring, expert opinion, trend analysis and scenario construction. Emerging technologies will be examined through student company examples, invited speakers and videos.
- EMT 714 Technology Strategy
This course discusses the technology strategy process and develops skills, methodologies and critical thinking in order to achieve technological competitive advantage. Subjects covered include technology life cycles, type and characteristics of R, D & E, project portfolio selection and an overview of successful development strategies. Case studies will be used to build competence and confidence in the concepts.
- EMT 715 Strategic Business Management
This course focuses on the major elements of the strategic management model including mission, external and global environment, company profile, strategic analysis and choice, long and short term objectives; actions, plans/tactics, policies, restructuring/reengineering, strategic control and Continuous Process Improvement (CPI). Student teams analyze and formulate strategies for the companies they select. This course includes concepts and management principles that will be expanded in EMT 714 Technology Strategy and EMT 677 Emerging Technologies.
People Management
- EMT 740 Team Leadership Development in Technical Organizations
This course focuses on understanding the interplay of group, inter-group, and organizational factors on the performance of multifunctional teams in technology-based organizations. The course integrates theory and research on multifunctional teams with the skills necessary for effectively managing them. Topics covered include managing decision making and conflict in multifunctional teams, managing the team's boundary and inter-group relations, organizational designs that support working cross-functionally, and measuring and rewarding team performance. Cases are used to illustrate the problems of working cross-functionally. Individuals are given feedback on their team skills.
- EMT 751 Project Management and Leadership
This course provides a theoretical and practical perspective on modern project management and leadership in technology-based organizations. It forms the conceptual basis to develop "a project leader's mindset." The course focuses on strategic project success, as well as project cultures, project organization, and project processes as they are employed in different project types and for different levels of project uncertainty, complexity, and pace.
The leadership part of the course is based on the premise that people are the real engine behind project results, and they must be led and motivated in a very unique way. Different leadership styles are discussed, together with motivation and career issues in different project and organizational settings.
- EMT 758 Oral and Written Communications Competency
Workshop 1 provides students with the tools to effectively communicate both orally and in writing. This practicum tests the students competency via a graded report card for individual and team presentations.
Innovation and New Product/Business Development
- EMT 752 Corporate Entrepreneuring
This course focuses on corporate venturing and intrapreneuring. Business and financial issues associated with starting and buying an entrepreneurial, high-technology business are also addressed. Subjects covered include a discussion of previous corporate ventures, critical success factors and an international perspective on corporate venturing. Lessons learned from new technology start-ups will be discussed along with an evaluation of the decision processes used by venture capitalists. The final project is the development of a venture plan for the student's company. Over half of the business plans receive funding. Start-up funding on previous projects has ranged from $50,000 to $1,000,000,000.
Functional/Business Management
- EMT 624 Financial Analysis for Technological Organizations
This course presents concepts regarding the collection, processing, and reporting of financial information in a technology-based business. Managerial accounting and cost accounting, and their uses and limitations will be discussed. Use of financial statements, budgets, and cost estimates in management decision making will be emphasized. The impact of the risk and uncertainty associated with financial decisions will be illustrated via case examples.
- EMT 628 Financial Analysis Ramp
This ramp course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of accounting terminology in order to assure a common level of understanding for the class The course consists of a web-based self-administered tutorial with quizzes and problems, a three-hour lecture (Question and Answer class) prior to the first class meeting of EMT 624 Financial Analysis for Technological Organizations, and a post-test. The class and tutorial can be waived if a student has sufficient background in accounting . The post-test is mandatory.
- EMT 642 Marketing Management in Technical Organizations
This course focuses on the methodology involved in developing and writing an effective marketing plan. It covers how to obtain the information that is needed and how to write a rigorous marketing plan for a product or service. The course details the steps needed to perform a market opportunity analysis (MOA) and explores how to develop market-based strategies and tactics to capitalize on the identified opportunities.
- EMT 623 Financial Management
This course covers such issues as the financial manager's functions, liquidity vs. profitability; financial planning; capital budgeting; management of long-term funds, money and capital markets, debt and equity; management of assets, cash and accounts receivable, inventory and fixed assets.
Capstone/Integrative Experience
- EMT 798 Integration and Application of Technology Management
This is the capstone course for the EMTM program. It is designed to integrate the knowledge developed in the other courses via a business simulation in which teams of students compete in running their companies in a complex simulated environment.
The course includes lectures and workshops that demonstrate theory and techniques of cross-functional decision making in the management of technology. Individuals and teams will be observed and assessment feedback will be given.
