D. New Course Development/New Program Development
I have written and developed over 20 new courses at WIT (see a recent sample below), provided committee work to overhaul our management curriculum, and developed the technology management and technology project management concentration curriculum program:
1. New Courses Developed:
a. Business Operations and Process Management Developed and taught. I was asked to develop this course for the Construction Management Department and to also teach it to graduate level students. I have successfully taught this course for the past several years. Business Operations and Process Management focuses on the set of value-added activities that transform inputs into many outputs through effective planning, scheduling, use, and control of resources; includes examination of design engineering, industrial engineering, management information systems, quality management, production management, inventory management, accounting, and other functions as they affect the organization. Included will be global logistics and sourcing.
b. Computers and Business Applications: Developed and taught. I was asked to develop this course for our Management department to teach to our Management students as an entry-level application course. Within the Management Department we have noticed a trend over the years that our students are coming in with a great deal of introductory computer skills. What our student’s need is a specifically targeted curriculum related to a core set of business applications used in the workplace by a broad spectrum of managers. These applications include, but are not limited to: Advanced Microsoft Word, Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Access, Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint, Introduction to Social Media, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Project, and Introduction to Peachtree Accounting.
c. Integrative Seminar: Developed and taught. I was asked to develop this course to fulfill a missing gap in our curriculum. BSM students need to be able to make connections between their program learning outcomes and their capstone project, eportfolio development, and a major fields test. This course focuses on the above areas.
d. Systems Analysis and Design: Developed and taught. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an introduction to Systems Analysis and Design. Topics include analyzing the business case, requirements modeling, data and process modeling, and development strategies. Students also learn about output and user interface design, data design, systems architecture and implementation, and systems operation, support and security.
e. Technology Entrepreneurship: Developed and taught. This course gives you a unique understanding of how technology-focused firms are created and provides you with experience commercializing real technologies. Commercialization topics connecting technology and business will be the focus of the class. Topics will include intellectual property, convergence, industry creation, standards, modularity, and strategy. The outcomes will be applied by assessing the commercial potential of real ideas. The final project of student group work will be a business plan or feasibility study for commercializing the new technology.
f. Below is a full list of courses developed and taught:
2. New Program Development:
New Management Program Development Curriculum Committee This committee was tasked with new management curriculum overhaul/development. We spent over a year developing our new management program- both were successfully approved by the ICC. We continue to make changes to date. We have seven new courses in our Business Management Curriculum starting due to old course elimination, the HUSS changes, or combining some of our courses. Our goal was to increase student numbers and retention. As s a committee, we designed a basic management program that includes a choice of three concentrations. We wanted to maintain some of the existing program objectives related to Technology Management, but also offer other concentrations to those students not interested in Technology Management. The other two concentrations include Project Leadership and Communication. Based on our Industry IPAC advisory counsel, we decided to cut the communications concentration since students can obtain a communications certificate. We also decided to merge Technology Management with Project Leadership into one concentration called Technology Project Management. Based on our advisory panel most projects are either connected to technology or technology is used to manage the projects. Either way, based on industry trends this is the newly developed concentration. Also based on our IPAC’s suggestion we added a new concentration entitled: Entrepreneurship. Since we have many students who go to work for small to midsize family businesses this makes the most sense for our students. The great part about having concentrations in our department is that we can change, update, or delete on a needed bases based on industry directions.
1. New Program Development: Technology Project Management Concentration: As part of the new management curriculum we decided to update our current specialized concentrations for our management students by merging Technology Management and Project Leadership together. I was asked to re-develop/write the concentration program.
a. Introduction to Technology Project Management: Developed and will be taught. This course introduces students to technology project management and serves as a foundation course for the remaining concentration courses.
b. Technology Acquisition Project: Developed and taught. This course introduces students to the full-scale technology acquisition and assessment procedures for companies. Within this course we partner with the Center for Community and Learning Partnerships to develop real acquisition projects for area mission hill profit and not-for-profit businesses. The new course is called Technology Acquisition Project.
c. Technology Transfer: Developed and taught. This course introduces students to the complex subject of technology transfer within an organization. We specifically look at what happens after the acquisition ends and the implementation begins focusing on technology transfer processes and the social/somewhat psychological aspects of adopting new technology within an organization.
d. Technology Project Management Seminar: Developed and taught. This course gives the management department the flexibility to change topics as market trends change. It also allows students to handpick projects to work with industry professionals.
1. New Courses Developed:
a. Business Operations and Process Management Developed and taught. I was asked to develop this course for the Construction Management Department and to also teach it to graduate level students. I have successfully taught this course for the past several years. Business Operations and Process Management focuses on the set of value-added activities that transform inputs into many outputs through effective planning, scheduling, use, and control of resources; includes examination of design engineering, industrial engineering, management information systems, quality management, production management, inventory management, accounting, and other functions as they affect the organization. Included will be global logistics and sourcing.
b. Computers and Business Applications: Developed and taught. I was asked to develop this course for our Management department to teach to our Management students as an entry-level application course. Within the Management Department we have noticed a trend over the years that our students are coming in with a great deal of introductory computer skills. What our student’s need is a specifically targeted curriculum related to a core set of business applications used in the workplace by a broad spectrum of managers. These applications include, but are not limited to: Advanced Microsoft Word, Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Access, Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint, Introduction to Social Media, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Project, and Introduction to Peachtree Accounting.
c. Integrative Seminar: Developed and taught. I was asked to develop this course to fulfill a missing gap in our curriculum. BSM students need to be able to make connections between their program learning outcomes and their capstone project, eportfolio development, and a major fields test. This course focuses on the above areas.
d. Systems Analysis and Design: Developed and taught. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an introduction to Systems Analysis and Design. Topics include analyzing the business case, requirements modeling, data and process modeling, and development strategies. Students also learn about output and user interface design, data design, systems architecture and implementation, and systems operation, support and security.
e. Technology Entrepreneurship: Developed and taught. This course gives you a unique understanding of how technology-focused firms are created and provides you with experience commercializing real technologies. Commercialization topics connecting technology and business will be the focus of the class. Topics will include intellectual property, convergence, industry creation, standards, modularity, and strategy. The outcomes will be applied by assessing the commercial potential of real ideas. The final project of student group work will be a business plan or feasibility study for commercializing the new technology.
f. Below is a full list of courses developed and taught:
- MSFM 845 Communication Strategies (Graduate Level)
- MSFM 830 Contemporary Issues in Managing Technology (Graduate Level)
- MGMT 340 Technology Acquisition Project
- MGMT 310 Systems Analysis and Design
- MGMT 640 Technology Project Management
- MGMT 545 Technology Entrepreneurship
- MGMT 600 Integrative Seminar
- MGMT 820 Operations Management (Graduate Level)
- MGMT 505 Principles of Management
- MGMt 400 Advanced Topics in Technology Management
- MGMT 300 Technology Transfer
- MGMT 200 Technology Acquisition and Assessment
- MGMT 146 Introduction to Technology Management
- MGMT 145 Computers and Business Applications
- MGMT 111 Introduction to Management
- MGMT 195 Management information Systems
- COMP 399 Web Development I
- COMP 451 Interactive Media Design
- COMP 546 E-Commerce
- COMP 544 Internet Research Methods
2. New Program Development:
New Management Program Development Curriculum Committee This committee was tasked with new management curriculum overhaul/development. We spent over a year developing our new management program- both were successfully approved by the ICC. We continue to make changes to date. We have seven new courses in our Business Management Curriculum starting due to old course elimination, the HUSS changes, or combining some of our courses. Our goal was to increase student numbers and retention. As s a committee, we designed a basic management program that includes a choice of three concentrations. We wanted to maintain some of the existing program objectives related to Technology Management, but also offer other concentrations to those students not interested in Technology Management. The other two concentrations include Project Leadership and Communication. Based on our Industry IPAC advisory counsel, we decided to cut the communications concentration since students can obtain a communications certificate. We also decided to merge Technology Management with Project Leadership into one concentration called Technology Project Management. Based on our advisory panel most projects are either connected to technology or technology is used to manage the projects. Either way, based on industry trends this is the newly developed concentration. Also based on our IPAC’s suggestion we added a new concentration entitled: Entrepreneurship. Since we have many students who go to work for small to midsize family businesses this makes the most sense for our students. The great part about having concentrations in our department is that we can change, update, or delete on a needed bases based on industry directions.
1. New Program Development: Technology Project Management Concentration: As part of the new management curriculum we decided to update our current specialized concentrations for our management students by merging Technology Management and Project Leadership together. I was asked to re-develop/write the concentration program.
a. Introduction to Technology Project Management: Developed and will be taught. This course introduces students to technology project management and serves as a foundation course for the remaining concentration courses.
b. Technology Acquisition Project: Developed and taught. This course introduces students to the full-scale technology acquisition and assessment procedures for companies. Within this course we partner with the Center for Community and Learning Partnerships to develop real acquisition projects for area mission hill profit and not-for-profit businesses. The new course is called Technology Acquisition Project.
c. Technology Transfer: Developed and taught. This course introduces students to the complex subject of technology transfer within an organization. We specifically look at what happens after the acquisition ends and the implementation begins focusing on technology transfer processes and the social/somewhat psychological aspects of adopting new technology within an organization.
d. Technology Project Management Seminar: Developed and taught. This course gives the management department the flexibility to change topics as market trends change. It also allows students to handpick projects to work with industry professionals.