2021-2022 Graduate Academic Catalog

2021–22 Graduate Academic Catalog Page 89 Graduate-Level Course Descriptions INNV-6200 – MGMT-6700 I Innovation and Entrepreneurship (INNV) INNV-6200 3 hours Emerging Trends and Opportunities for Innovation This course will cover the practice of identifying “problems worth solving” by analyzing trends and changes in the marketplace caused by technology disruption, regulatory changes, societal shifts and more. Students will study historical disruptions and opportunities to better understand what factors to look for in the current market of “contemporary problems and opportunities” that could be addressed through innovation. INNV-6250 Design Thinking Principles for Innovation 3 hours Creative problem-solving is one of the most critical skills that business leaders and entrepreneurs need to be successful. New solutions will require new thinking. Students will study and practice a wide and diverse body of work that will include subjects like: creating and managing an innovative working culture, understanding disparate thinking styles, divergent and convergent thinking, empathetic thinking, and creating rapid prototypes to test ideas. Prerequisite: INNV-6200 Emerging Trends and Opportunities for Innovation. INNV-6251 3 hours Advanced Design Thinking Principles for Innovation Building on the principles introduced in INNV-6250 Design Thinking Principles for Innovation, students will utilize design thinking strategies to plan and lead an original ideation workshop. The students will leverage the diverse knowledge and experience of individuals as they work through an initial cycle of the ideation process. The outcomes of the workshop will be made tangible through creating an early prototype. Prerequisite: INNV-6250 Design Thinking Principles for Innovation. INNV-6270 3 hours Business Modeling and New Venture Creation Students will learn how to quickly and effectively map a business model and/or business venture onto a visual-based- learning, nine-tiled “canvas” using it as both a diagnostic tool for missing components, but also as an idea-development tool. This process will address all nine “tiles” on the widely-used “business model canvas” tool currently being used in the innovation market place. Further students will be challenged with five “elements” from one of the Edisonian core competencies called “Super Value Creation.” Prerequisite: INNV-6250 Design Thinking Principles for Innovation. INNV-6280 Creativity to Entrepreneurship 3 hours This course synthesizes the cumulative curriculum for the MBA Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration and will serve as the capstone. The course will provide a learning experience that integrates across all courses within it. It will involve analysis of a situation concerning a new enterprise — an original venture or within a larger enterprise — to develop a business model, product, design and to compare against alternative business models so as to identify potential opportunities and challenges. Ultimately the course will assemble findings and culminate in a presentation of findings and proposed solutions. Prerequisites: INNV-6200 Emerging Trends and Opportunities for Innovation; INNV-6250 Design Thinking Principles for Innovation; INNV-6270 Business Modeling and New Venture Creation. Information Technology Management (ITM) ITM-6800 3 hours Information Technology for Competitive Advantage This course examines the role of information technology in today’s volatile business environment and analyzes its implications for global competitive advantage. The class will discuss a number of frameworks and models that currently guide technology decisions for many large organizations. Students will be expected to draw on knowledge gained through readings, lectures, and case studies to understand and evaluate the value of technology in their own work environments. M Management (MGMT) MGMT-6300 Project Management 3 hours This course seeks to lay a foundation for understanding and applying effective project management processes. Project management deals with changes within an organization. Therefore, project management processes seek to effectively minimize risks, efficiently align resources and costs, and maximize accountability. The course will examine principles, processes, and tools project managers have developed to achieve these objectives. You can view project management as a toolkit containing a number of tools that a project manager can use to create a completed project. Some of these tools are technical in nature. Others are tools to increase people skills and team building. Both the technical and people sides of project management will be explored. MGMT-6310 Supply Chain Management 3 hours This course focuses on the development and application of decision models in supply chains, with an operation emphasis. Some of the topics discussed include demand forecasting, aggregate planning, inventory management (cycle and safety), supply network design, transportation, coordination, and sourcing. There is extensive use of spreadsheet-based tools and techniques to build various decision models for effective decision-making in supply chains. Students who take this course must have access to and knowledge of how to use Microsoft Excel . MGMT-6320 Lean Process Management 3 hours This course focuses on the development and application of lean operations. We discuss operational topics in today’s volatile workplace environment such as 6s, VSM, 6 Sigma, FMEA, DOE, Kaizen, TPS, A3s, SMED, KanBan, Poka yoke, and TPM. There is an integrated design and common purpose throughout the course to inform about actual practices as well as development of an understanding of relevant theories. MGMT-6700 3 hours Legal and Ethical Environment of Business This course examines individual and corporate character development, the legal and regulatory environment of business, and the ethical decision-making dilemmas faced by organizational leaders from a Christian context. Ethical models and decision- making approaches will be applied to contemporary business issues. Key legal terms and scenarios for organizational leaders will be addressed as well, including employment law, contracts and negotiations, and organizational structures.