Technology Innovation Management (TIMG) Courses
Principles of Technology Innovation Management
Develops a common level of knowledge among students on topics in product and service development, technology entrepreneurship, and commercialization. These topics build on the literature in the fields of project management, leadership, industrial marketing, managerial economics and organizational behaviour.
Technology Entrepreneurship
Key theories and models of technology entrepreneurship. Topics include the nature of technology products, collaborative experimentation and production of new products, assets, and their attributes, and the firm’s asset ownership rights.
Issues in Technology Innovation Management
Key readings relevant to technology innovation management. Topics include the introduction of new products to the global market, technology sourcing, intellectual property rights, industry trends, technology and ethics, new business opportunities and product identification, industry characteristics, regulation, international competition, ecosystems, economic development, and open source.
Research Methods in Technology Innovation Management
Prepares students to undertake research in technology innovation management. Students learn to define interesting research problems and hypotheses relevant to technology innovation management, and learn the different research approaches used in the field of technology innovation management.
Prerequisite(s): TIMG 5001 and one of TIMG 5002 or TIMG 5003.
Management of Software Engineering Projects
Models for the development of software. Software project management tools. Quality control. Risk assessment and management. Examples are drawn from the development of new technology products.
Precludes additional credit for TTMG 5006 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): TIMG 5001 or TTMG 5001 and TIMG 5002 or TTMG 5002.
Foundations of Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship
Antecedents, patterns, and consequences of agile digital business transformation, digital business development, digital business model innovation, disruptive digital technology, digital entrepreneurship, marketing and sales for a digital age. Managing digital business transformation and development of new digital value propositions in new and existing companies.
Integrated Product Development
The new product introduction process and time-based competition, basic concepts of integrated product development, parallelism and concurrency of development activities, flexibility and agility, the voice of the customer, cross-functional teams, organizing for innovation, collaboration across firm boundaries, manufacturing and design.
Advanced Topics in Technology Innovation Management
In-depth exploration of an advanced topic in the field of technology innovation management. A different topic is covered each semester and more than one section, with different topics, may be offered in the same semester.
Directed Studies in Technology Innovation Management
The student explores, through extensive literature surveys, specific topics in the areas of technology innovation management. The objective is to enable study on a specific topic to acquire a suitable background to initiate and complete thesis work.
Designing Innovation Communities
This course helps entrepreneurs and product managers understand the role of communities in innovation (eg. peer production and crowdsourcing). It provides them with tools for designing communities, and guidelines for selecting the technology for supporting a community.
Open Source Business
The management of open source businesses. Topics may include company participation in open source projects, capturing value from open source projects, creating and managing open source ecosystems, open-source development, role of architecture in open source projects.
Co-creating Inclusive Innovation
Students apply research in technology innovation management to co-create innovative solutions that reduce inequalities caused by social, political, and economic exclusion and have local context at their core. TIM students may collaborate with Indigenous communities, other organizations, and students in science, engineering, and other areas.
Prerequisite(s): TIMG 5001 and one of TIMG 5002 or TIMG 5003.
Technology and Wealth
Tools, models, approaches, theories and frameworks used to deploy technology to create and appropriate wealth.
Moving Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship Research into Business Practices
Tools, models, approaches, theories, and frameworks used to deploy digital technology to frame, create, appropriate, distribute, protect, sustain, convey, and deliver value. Streamlines the movement of research findings in digital transformation, business model innovation, and technology entrepreneurship into business practices.
Cross Border Businesses and Digital Innovation
Examines the mechanisms that leverage digital technology and innovation to scale the value of entrepreneurial cross-border businesses rapidly, early, and securely.
Responsible Artificial Intelligence
Ethical aspects of development/adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies in business practice. Responsible AI business opportunities in cross-border businesses. Responsible AI governance frameworks. AI inclusiveness, bias, fairness, transparency, explainability, accountability, data re-use, protection, and privacy. Assessment of trustworthy AI systems.
Precludes additional credit for TIMG 5103.
Prerequisite(s): TIMG 5002 or TIMG 5008.
Customer Value Creation in Technology Firms
Company value architecture and value propositions, design thinking and multiple stakeholder perspectives on value, new product and service design, digital value creation, technology and complementary assets, latent needs, co-design and user innovation, alignment of technology and business strategy, user experience, customer retention.
Precludes additional credit for TIMG 5005 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): TIMG 5002.
Applied Analytics for Technology Innovation Management
Application of advanced business analytics in the domain of technology innovation management and technology entrepreneurship. Topics include supervised and unsupervised machine learning, anticipatory thinking, and anomaly detection, to inform managerial judgement and support strategic and operating decisions faced by managers and entrepreneurs.
Machine Learning for Technology Entrepreneurship Problem-Solving
Application of machine learning tools to co-create solutions to entrepreneurial problems, with an emphasis on unstructured text analytics. Topics include machine learning tools, application of topic modeling and and text analytics, generation of practical competitive insights for managers, and analysis of publicly-available sources including websites.
M.Eng. Project
Precludes additional credit for TTMG 5901 (no longer offered).
M.Ent. Project
M.A.B.A. Project
Master of Applied Business Analytics Project.
Master of Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship Project
Final TIM Master of Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship Project.
M.A.Sc. Thesis
Precludes additional credit for TTMG 5909 (no longer offered).
Note: Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca