Courses

This course provides students with opportunities to discover and apply theoretical perspectives on managing innovations within various organizational settings, such as work teams, departments, non-profits, governmental, businesses, and educational institutions.

This course focuses on getting ideas, innovations, or discoveries into the marketplace in the form of products or services, or into the value chain at any step, to increase the competitive advantage of the enterprise. The course offers an overview of the technology commercialization process. But more importantly, the course provides opportunities to assess technologies for commercialization. Indeed, the most useful description of the course is as a practicum in technology assessment.

Examination of the process of introducing to the marketplace new products or services based upon scientific and technological innovations; practical skills for assessing the technology, identifying potential products and services, and quantifying market demand; focuses on value creation, financing, intellectual property law, regulatory, and socio-economic drivers.

Examination of the process of introducing to the marketplace new products or services based upon scientific and technological innovations; practical skills for assessing the technology, identifying potential products and services, and quantifying market demand; focuses on value creation, financing, intellectual property law, regulatory, and socio-economic drivers.

Strategic challenges associated with enterprise management and leadership; establishing and maintaining a sustainable brand; developing an effective corporate culture; dealing with global competition; case studies in strategic thinking.

This course is a study of the use of technology that can be utilized to help business marketing. Through this course, the student will learn about technology-related advertising and marketing, online and offline market research, data collection, domain names, advertising options, email marketing, search engines, website monitoring, and incentives.

This course is designed to provide the student with basic word processing skills. Emphasis is on using software features to create, edit, and print common office communications. Upon completion, the student should be able to demonstrate the ability to use industry-standard software to generate appropriately formatted, accurate, and attractive business communications such as memos, letters, and reports.

This is a continuation of the skills and concepts learned in Technology Enhanced Communication I. This course is designed to increase and strengthen student proficiency in using advanced word processing functions as a form of communication in business and society. Emphasis is on the use of industry-standard software to maximize productivity.

This course covers a broad range of topics related to how technology is used within human resource development contexts. Course readings and projects will help students apply technological skills to the development and implementation of workplace learning.

Techniques and applications of technology to enhance instruction of agricultural topics; instructional design principles, instructional strategies, technological tools; the design, development and delivery of technology-enhanced instruction for agriculture and the life sciences. Not intended for majors in education.