Courses

Role of external technology sourcing for the firm, Sources of technological information; Role of technology brokers, Technology assessment and forecasting: Evaluating emerging technologies, Aligning new technologies with strategic business objectives, Business and financial analysis of new technologies, Technology trajectories, Acquiring and developing strategic technological platforms. Transferring New Technology: Appropriateness, Completeness, Designing technology transfer agreements, International Technology Transfer, Managing the interface between generalists and specialists, between competing groups within the firm, scanning the boundaries and managing the boundary interface. Technology Transfer Agreements, Patents, Licenses, Trading know-how, Partnerships, Alliances and Co-operation: Informal trading of technical knowledge, co-operating with rivals.

Compulsory

An introduction to organizational decision making under conditions of certainty, uncertainty, and risk. Concepts of analysis from the areas of economics, mathematics, and statistics will be utilized in terms of administrative decision making in public administration.

Compulsory

The course has been designed to provide statistical basis for statistical conclusions and decision making. The course includes point and interval estimation, hypothesis tests, chi square analysis, linear / nonlinear regression and correlation techniques, variant analysis, factorial experiments, 2k factorial experiments and fractions, nonparametric statistics, index numbers, and time sequence analysis. Methods of typical product, price and demand which are used in decisions of effective and productive distribution channels management will be discussed in detail. Usage of statistical methods in solving the applied supply chain problems will be explained.

Compulsory

This course focuses on a holistic approach to project management in respect to change management. The content deals with planning, scheduling, organizing, and controlling. Primary class emphasis is on the project management process and tools. Project management is becoming more important in today's world. Mastery of key tools and concepts could give the student a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Compulsory

Time Value of Money, Bond and Equity Valuation, Investment Decisions - case studies of traditional and modern manufacturing settings, Venture Capital - theories of contracting and information asymmetry - case studies - Financing startups, sources of finance, raising capital, Developing and positioning investor and banking relationships, Return on investment in the technology business, Corporate valuation, valuing knowledge based business, intangible assets, valuing R&D and customer alliances, Performance accounting.

Elective

The basic framework and concepts of strategic management in different organizational and environmental contexts. Introduction to strategy, strategic management in practice, strategic analysis, resource competence and strategic capability, stakeholder expectations and organizational purposes, bases of strategic choices and options, strategy evaluation and selection, organizational structure and design, resource allocation and control and managing strategic change e-strategy Operational strategy and competitiveness, process and manufacturing technology, capacity planning, modelling and operations research methods, value analysis, decision making, supply chain management, e-commerce, Enterprise Resource Planning ERP, make versus buy decisions, e-logistics.

Elective

Necessary conditions for successful company research; R&D management in relation to corporate governance; priorities in strategic issues; human capital knowledge and know-how; managing intellectual capital; framework for R&D processes from QM perspective; R&D management methodology for better performance; patent portfolios as strategic R&D planning; R&D decision quality process; international R&D projects; corporate technology stock model; some case studies.

Elective

Market analysis for high technology companies, Setting up, managing and changing distribution channels, what differentiates high-tech from more traditional markets? Product life cycles in a high technology environment, Acquiring and processing information from the sales force, Information as a strategic weapon for high technology companies, Developing long term customer partnerships and strategic alliances, Integrating customers into the marketing process through involvement in new product development, Telesales and telesupport, Identifying and communicating value in high technology market environments, Strategic platform marketing, Branding technology products, Forming strategic alliances for marketing, Industrial marketing

Elective

This course is designed to acquaint students with the theory and practice of strategically developing, utilizing, and aligning human resources so that maximum contribution from each member of an organization is used toward the attainment of strategic long-range goals and objectives. Topics include HR strategy, diversity, organizational culture, leadership, high performance work systems and future practices for public and non-profit organizations.

Elective

A key factor for an organization to remain competitive is its ability to produce goods or deliver services in an efficient and effective way. Quality and Business Process Management serves as an in-depth examination of quality principles applied specifically to manufacturing, service and supply chain environments. Managerial and statistical aspects of quality, as well as applying of quality and process management tools are covered.

Elective

In this class, the journal papers, symposium papers and other current publications are to be investigated and presentations will be made by the students on their selected papers.

Elective

Managing Innovation; General frameworks for organizational analysis. Attributes of innovative organizations. National Innovation initiatives and systems. Intellectual Property. Sources and types of innovation. Phases in the innovation process. Risk and uncertainty in the innovation process. Organizational strategies and practices for innovation. Individual roles within the innovation process. The Diffusion of innovation. Technology transfer through strategic alliances. Product, process and strategic innovation and the product life cycle.

Innovation as a management process, key features of successful innovation management. Developing an innovation strategy within the context of the national and competitive environment, and the firm's technological trajectories. External linkages in innovations, learning from markets and through alliances. Implementing effective innovation mechanisms. Creating and sustaining innovative organizations.

Assessing and improving innovation management performance.

Leadership styles the various stages of and their implications for managing change and innovation; how to develop and change organizational cultures and the various stages of; how to manage transitional period in organizational change; how to design planning and control systems appropriate to the strategy and the culture of the organization and how to use them as vehicles for change; analyzing and overcoming resistance to change.

Elective

This course is focused on the strategic analysis and planning necessary to effectively match marketing strategies with changing macro, micro, and organizational environments. The course is intended to provide an understanding of the conceptual realm of marketing strategy and knowledge of the factors for consideration in making strategic marketing decisions.

Elective

The historical record of scientific and technological change; Science, technology and society: Turkey in the international context; European problems of society, technology and science, Globalization and regulation of science and technology; Politics of knowledge; Science and Technology Systems; National Systems of Innovation; Human resources and competence building; Dynamics of Technological Change and Innovation.

Elective

Introduction to the information age, information planning, technology planning, networked organization, information systems development, database systems, database management, managing information systems, and future challenges of information technology.

Elective

Product Development Approaches, focusing in particular on concurrent engineering (versus sequential engineering) models, Design for X, the design process (e.g. the models of Ohsuga, Pahl and Beitz). Customer Involvement in Design including the use of techniques such as QFD, FMEA, Taguchi and computer based tools to support these techniques, re-usable designs. Design for the environment including Clean Manufacturing, End of Life issues including product take back, remanufacturing, reuse, recycling and disposition of waste. Rapid Prototyping technologies in reducing time to market for new products. Overview of common rapid prototyping systems including SLA, 3D printing etc.

The Role and Composition of the Design Team, including the involvement of customers, marketing, manufacturing, quality, product costing, suppliers, types of project teams.

Elective

The New Product Introduction process. Reference Models of Enterprise Systems, Process Design methodologies including in particular the CIM-OSA reference architecture. Process modelling and analysis using tools such as IDEF 0, DFDS, Petri Nets, IDEF 1, simulation, Systems Theory, Systems design and analysis, Tendering and Bid Specifications, Design-Manufacturing Interface Overview of Business Process Re-engineering methodologies and associated software tools.Overview of CAD (Computer Aided Design), Product Data Management (PDM), STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product Data) technologies, analysis tools.The role of Rapid Prototyping technologies in reducing time to market for new products. Overview of common rapid prototyping systems including SLA, 3D printing etc.

Elective

This course will adopt a socio technical systems approach. This includes people, process as well as technology related issues. Key modules will include: WCM philosophy, supporting tools, techniques and methodologies, World class design and product development, Optimal vendor and supply chain and logistics management including JIT and KANBAN, Quality Management to support continuous improvement KAIZEN, TQM and SPC, Information systems, environmental systems, quality systems, costing systems and human resource development systems such as employee participation and motivation.

Elective

This course will present several topics in emerging technologies. An expert specific to each technology will lecture on that technology, covering the scientific principles, potential commercial applications, competing technologies, and limitations.

Elective

This course will provide an introduction to the main topics in data mining and knowledge discovery, including: statistical foundations, association discovery, classification, clustering, database support, data warehouse and OLAP technology for data mining.

Elective

This seminar complements classroom work by providing opportunities to discuss current practices and policies with senior executives from organizations where technology and/or manufacturing are important. The selected organizations will be studied in advance. There will be a formal presentation, followed by an informal question and answer discussion period in each session. Students will be expected to probe guests regarding engineering and technology management issues of the executive decisions within and beyond their organizations.

Compulsory

This course is for the non-thesis MBA program students. Before graduation each student should perform a research on a subject in his/her area of interest and write down a report under the supervision of an instructor in order to earn the MS degree.

Compulsory

Students will be required to conduct research and complete a thesis under the supervision of a faculty member on a topic that is suitable to his/her academic background. The work completed should include some originality in the development or applications of the ETM techniques studied. The candidate will defend the work in front of a committee assigned by the Program.

Compulsory

Courses

ETM 500 Corporate Management of Technology 3(3+0+0)

ETM 501 Decision Support Systems 3(3+0+0)

LSC 511 Statistical Decision Making 3(3+0+0)

ETM 503 Reengineering and Project Management 3(3+0+0)

FIN 511 Financial Analysis 3(3+0+0)

ETM 521 Technology Strategies in Information Systems, Manufacturing, and Service Processes 3(3+0+0)

ETM 522 R&D Management 3(3+0+0)

ETM 523 Marketing Technology Products 3(3+0+0)

ETM 528 Human Resource Management and Leadership 3(3+0+0)

ETM 525 Management of Quality and Business Process 3(3+0+0)

ETM 526 Special Topics in Engineering and Technology Management 3(3+0+0)

ETM 527 Technological Innovation and Leadership 3(3+0+0)

ETM 529 Strategic Marketing Management 3(3+0+0)

ETM 530 Science, Technology and Society 3(3+0+0)

ETM 540 Information Systems and Software Management 3(3+0+0)

ETM 541 Product Design and Development 3(3+0+0)

ETM 542 Reengineering 3(3+0+0)

ETM 543 Benchmarking in Manufacturing 3(3+0+0)

ETM 544 Emerging Technologies 3(3+0+0)

ETM 545 Knowledge Discovery in Large Databases 3(3+0+0)

ETM 591 Seminar in Engineering and Technology Management 0(0+1+0)

ETM 592 Graduation Project 0(0+1+0)

ETM 599 Graduate Thesis 0(0+6+0)

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