OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN IT
OPERATIONS MGMT IN IT - MS
This course provides an examination of the role the technology leader plays in the daily operations and performance management of an organization. The course focuses on how tech leaders can manage both up and down within their organizations through critical examination of current IT topics such as Outsourcing, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture (as a strategy), Information Security, Risk Management, IT Governance, and determining/communicating the business value of IT. Students leave the course with a deep understanding of the dramatically different priorities, skills, and actions required to succeed as an IT leader.
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Aidan Feldman
Info - 3 points
Law for Technology
TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW - MS
Law is infused into every part of business, especially through the lens of technology. Fluency in business and legal frameworks, risk/benefit principles, from idea to exit, is essential for any innovation leader. This course offers a deep dive into the critical phases of technology companies and their journey through growth, scaling, and eventual market exit. Topics include capital formation, contracts, intellectual property, human capital, and business transactions.
- M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- 3 points
STRATEGIC ADVOCACY
STRATEGIC ADVOCACY - EMS
Strategic advocacy is defined as establishing personal and functional influence by means of cultivating alliances and defining opportunities adding value to the revenues and profits of any organization. This course focuses on the processes and competencies necessary for initiating strategically focused technology-related business conversations. Particular attention is given to the transitions in focus and mindsets necessary for moving from a technical/functional to a business model orientation. Conceptual frameworks, research, and practical applications are part of the design. Topics include: the political economy of exercising executive influence; expert and strategic mindsets; strategic learning and planning; and mapping the political territory. Students will apply theory to their own career related challenges.
LEADING DISRUPTIVE CHANGE IN A DIG ECON
LDNG DSRUPTVE CHNG IN DIG ECON
This course enables students to understand the impact of IT on an organization’s transformative objectives. Students learn how to integrate IT as the key driver for business process change and for continuous improvement in incremental gains and for selective reengineering to effectuate substantial breakthroughs in process performance. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of how technology can have a push-effect on an organization’s processes and of the factors that must be in-synch to facilitate such an effect, e.g., organizational desire for change, corporate culture, and the strategic role that IT leaders must play in working together with the lines of business to effectuate this change.
- R 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- 3 points
MACHINE LEARNING & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGEN
MACH LRNG & AI... MS
TBA
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
- 3 points
MACHINE LEARNING & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGEN
MACH LRNG & AI... EMS US
TBA
- S 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Lauren R Goodwin
Info - 3 points