introduction to technology management tmgt1106 class 2 – innovation instructor: david plouffe
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Introduction to Technology ManagementTMGT1106
Class 2 – Innovation
Instructor: David Plouffe
Agenda
• Last week
• This week
• Next week
Last week – Introductions
• Questions
• Assignment clarification
• What is an Introduction
Weekly Procedure
1. Arrive on time 2. Hand in Assignment (research / questions)3. Review + Q&A4. Introduction to current week’s topic5. Lecturer and/or Guest presenter6. Q&A7. Wrap up8. Next week’s topic9. Hand in evaluation forms
Web site
• All course and class materials as well as announcements and Q&A can be found at:
http://www.nipissingu.ca/faculty/davidp/dphome
Web Site
• Check Web Site often for – Updates
– Announcements
– FAQ
Format of study for course
• Do independent research (The Internet is our textbook) with respect to the technology or industry topic
• Generate questions about the topic and business implications for the visiting lecturer
• Gain an introduction to the technology or industry’s use of technology
Weekly Assignments• There is no text book for this course. For reference and independent study,
students will research web sources each week for material on the current week’s topic. Five (5) sources are suggested as a minimum set of sources for your study and research. e.g.
– Industry Association– Technology product company– Technology service provider – Industry Conference provider (i.e. Insight Information
www.insightinfo.com) / Trade Journal– Government department or Ministry
• You are to hand in each week:– the site sources researched– an evaluation of the web sites research on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 dreadful –
10 awesome) – 3 questions for discussion on the technology or industry of the current week
Office hours
Wednesday – Room A224
• 12:00-12:30 and 3:30-4:30
– Call click or drop in
» Extension 4745
» Home office 478.9575
» Room A224
This week
• Hand in assignment
• Confirm your registration in TMGT:1106
• Innovation research
• Innovation Lecture
• Hand in evaluation (Attendance mark)
Innovation and Product Development
Products Post it notes Blackberry Linux Nano chip Duct tape
Companies 3M RIM Red Hat Software Intel ????
Innovation and Product Development
Suggestions for research
Industry Canada
www.ic.gc.ca
Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre www.canadabusiness.ca
Search
Disruptive Innovation
This week
• Read 3 articles
• Organize into groups 0 - 9
• Read assignment
This week’s Lecturer …
Innovation and Product DevelopmentDr. Glenn Brophey Professor Nipissing University
Next week - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Check Web Site Thursday & Friday for Updates
• Individual paper initiated
• Class 8 decision
Businesses Need Better and More Timely Information…
• Where are my best customers?• Where can I find more customers?• Where is my competition?• Where should I locate my next store?• Who is the typical person who buys
my products?• How do I measure my risk?• How do I improve routing efficiency?
. . . 80% of all data maintained by companies has a spatial . . . 80% of all data maintained by companies has a spatial component—how do you exploit this?component—how do you exploit this?
… And GIS can deliver advantages• Customer Analytics• Site Selection• Risk Analysis• Territory Design
• Market Planning• Business Continuity Planning• Facility/Property Management• Logistics
Weekly Assignment - ExampleSource URL Ranking
1 - 10
Observations / Comments
Technology Product Company
Technology Service Company
Association
Trade Journal
Government
Dep’t / Ministry
Other
Weekly Assignment Search Suggestions
• GIS
• ESRI
• Sault Ste Marie Innovation Centre
• GIS Service Providers
• GIS Applications
Thank You
See you next week