Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Strategic Technology Management from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Gain strategic insight into technology and innovation. Participants will learn tools to enhance strategic advantage, exploit technological changes to create new value, and effectively manage innovation initiatives.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בניהול טכנולוגיה אסטרטגי של אוניברסיטת אילינוי אורבנה-שמפיין

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Basic computing
  • Computer language
  • Approaches to developing solutions
  • Working with data
  • Troubleshooting
  • Analytical capabilities
  • Effective communication
  • Teamwork
  • Time management
  • Use of technological tools

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Innovation Manager
  • Product Manager
  • Technology Manager
  • Strategic Manager
  • entrepreneur
  • Innovation Team Manager
  • Innovation Project Manager
  • Business Development Manager
  • Technology Marketing Manager
  • Organizational Change Manager

Internship – a three-part course series

The success of modern companies depends critically on the ability of managers to create strategic innovation that counteracts technological and market changes. A central part of the equation is the development of new products that offer exceptional value to customers. Another element is the effective implementation of innovation initiatives.

The Strategic Technology Management specialization is aimed at ambitious managers, executives at all levels, and entrepreneurs who are interested in acquiring in-depth knowledge in technology management through courses that connect the areas of strategic innovation, customer-focused product development, and innovation management.

Topics taught include:

  • Understanding the strategic impact of technological change on markets
  • Strategies for describing innovation situations and developing strategic responses
  • Innovation focused on business model and platform
  • Understanding unavailable customer needs to identify innovative opportunities
  • Developing new products that provide exceptional value to customers
  • Designing organizations that operate simultaneously in established and new markets
  • Innovation Team Management
  • Designing and leading change initiatives for innovation

Applied Learning Project

The central focus of these courses is to gain in-depth expertise in understanding effective strategic innovation. The course videos include application-based exercises that encourage students to apply the theoretical materials to their own experience and readings.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Technology Strategy: Creative Destruction

Course 1

  • 11 hours
  • 4.8 (49 ratings)

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • Apply knowledge about innovation patterns and life cycles over time
  • Protect yourself and exploit technological disruptions for business success
  • Analyze and innovate new business models that can disrupt existing industries and companies
  • Integrate diverse knowledge in technology and business to synthesize and execute a coherent strategic plan
Skills you will gain
  • Category: Strategic Management
  • Category: Product Management
  • Category: R&D Management
  • Category: Business Strategy
  • Category: Innovation Management

Customer-centric innovation

Course 2

  • 7 hours
  • 4.6 (47 ratings)

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • The concept of innovation and the cardinal role of customers in developing successful innovation
  • Collect information from customers to encourage innovation
  • Apply an understanding of customer needs and the adoption process to identify opportunities for innovation and new product development

Innovation Management: Ambidexterity, Teams, and Leading Change

Course 3

  • 12 hours
  • 4.8 (22 ratings)

Course Details

What will you learn?
  • You may have noticed that new things sometimes behave differently than what has been accepted over time, whether it’s in the market, in technology, or involving people and companies.
  • Much research supports these general ideas, and one conclusion is that managing innovation often requires different approaches and skills than managing in established fields.
  • This course helps you develop a perspective on innovation management. That is, you will build your ability to lead and shape your organization to implement innovation initiatives and achieve their strategic objectives.
  • To this end, you will focus on systems, tools, and concepts that can help you address a number of important challenges in innovation management.
  • The first concerns how to successfully implement innovation efforts within established companies and adjacent to existing businesses.
  • The second is leading new product development teams. The course also covers leading organizational change, which is often a cardinal part of driving innovation initiatives forward.
By covering these topics, the course will help you:
  • Analyze innovations and their impact on organizations
  • Present a research-based perspective on innovation management
  • Utilize systems, tools, and concepts to solve management challenges that arise in the field of innovation
Skills you will gain
  • Category: Dealing with Resistance to Innovation Initiatives
  • Category: Organize and lead organizational change
  • Category: Leading and developing innovation teams
  • Category: Design and lead innovation initiatives

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