課程概述

An essential skill for an IT manager is the ability to keep up-to-date with emerging technologies, and be able to evaluate the significance of these technologies to their organisation's business activities. This unit of study is based around a study of current technologies and the influence of these technologies on business strategies. Important trends in innovation in IT are identified and their implications for innovation management explored. Major topics include: drivers of innovation; the trend to open information ("open source") rather than protected intellectual property; and distribution of innovation over many independent but collaborating actors. On completion of this unit, students will be able to identify and analyse an emerging technology and write a detailed evaluation of the impact of this technology on existing business practices.

本單元的學習基于對當前技術的研究以及這些技術對業務戰略的影響。識別資訊科技創新的重要趨勢，并探討其對創新管理的影響。主要議題包括:創新驅動因素;信息公開而非知識產權保護的趨勢;以及將創新分配給許多獨立但相互合作的參與者。完成本單元后，學生將能夠識別和分析一種新興技術，并撰寫一份詳細的評估該技術對現有商業實踐的影響。

課程評論

這門課內容和5990差不多都很寬泛，文科類型。作業就是2個assignment 有期中考試。學生分組對一個創新項目進行研究和分析，記得多引用文獻，注意論文格式和排版。找到靠譜的隊友至關重要。期中考試和期末考試的形式均為簡答題，期中考試居然還有口試的部分，和老師面對面5分鐘的口語考試，注意：絕對不要遲交作業。