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Students who complete the Managing Technology and Innovation Concentration are eligible to have the Concentration noted on their transcripts (please see the Bulletin for the list of requirements). Take advantage of this focused set of courses to deepen your overall understanding of: the innovation context, organizing for innovation (both large firm issues and start-ups), the process of innovation (team and project management), and systems design.  

These courses will better prepare you to engage with the Santa Clara University technology and innovation community.  Relevant University organizations include: the Leavey School of Business’ Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; the SCU Center for Science, Technology, and Society; SCU's Tech Law Forum; and especially, the student-run Entrepreneurs’ Connection.


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January 2008 McKinsey Quarterly Newsletter is a great read

Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008
The January 2008 McKinsey Quarterly Newsletter (requires free registration to see the full article, also available as a podcast) includes an article by James M. Manyika, Roger P. Roberts, and Kara L. Sprague highlighting eight technology “trends to watch.” These are their eight, but I have used more familiar language in some cases:

  1. cocreation (think Linux)
  2. use consumers as innovators
  3. elancing (freelancing via electronic means)
  4. tech enabled productivity gains – for example, through wikis by getting greater value out of interactions
  5. expanding automation given greater networking and access
  6. unbundling production from delivery
  7. putting science into management (e.g., evidence based management; using vast data collected by systems to make better decisions in general -- great blog, great book)
  8. making businesses from data (love the term “exhaust data”)
A key aspect of their article is that they acknowledge  that "To benefit [from these eight technology enabled trends], companies must understand not only the technologies but also their business implications and the management changes they require."  More discussion available on my blog.
Posted by Terri Griffith
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