SYSEN 5840

Introduction to Technical Management

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course is taught from the perspective of a chief technology officer and is targeted at M. Eng. and management students interested in real world problems. It provides an introduction via case examples to the technical, management, and organizational issues of developing and marketing products in high-tech businesses. The focus is on the unique nature of this type of business, including managing with high risk/uncertainty levels, learning to manage very diverse project teams, and recognizing technical versus market success in order to make good business decisions.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Learning Outcomes

• Be able to articulate the personal characteristics required for leadership in a technical organization. Recognize the forces that define industry success and determine how they influence behavior. Define the complexity of today’s technical environment and present a strategy for successfully competing against established leaders and innovative newcomers. Define the strategy for a technical company and be able to apply it. Analyze complex technical/business situations which need to be managed and controlled for success. Gain experience working with leading tools for planning and management. Acquire the ability to make effective written and oral presentations. Resolve Problems that do not lend themselves' to well defined outcomes.

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