MGMT 8143 Technological Innovation and Disruption
To be competitive organizations need to drive innovation in their products and services. Organizations need to innovate rapidly and in some cases this involves reinventing the enterprise to compete in disruptive business environments. The course on Technological Innovation looks closely at the company value chain and where technology can be leveraged as a source of innovation. Company vision sets the context for the type of innovation necessary to achieve sustainable competitive growth. During the course we examine the process of building innovative capability across the company value chain, developing and implementing an innovation plan and creating the capacity for sustained innovation as a competitor or disruptor.
Course overview
- Department
- Management and Organization
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Spring
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.79 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.00 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2025 | John Macdonald | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 44 of 64 |
| Summer 2024 | John Macdonald | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4–6 hrs/week | 51 of 63 |
| Summer 2023 | John Macdonald | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 of 68 |
| Summer 2022 | John Macdonald | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 35 of 62 |