Technology Management - City University of Seattle

Technology Management from City University of Seattle is a Online Master Management and Innovation degree that prepares you for a Business career. City University of Seattle's Master of Science in Technology Management (M.S.T.M) program is designed for technology professionals and current technology managers who wish to advance their careers; senior level technology managers who wish to move into leadership positions; and any professional interested in understanding management in a technology company. Upon successful completion of the program, you will have gained numerous skills that can be immediately applied in today's competitive work environment. You will not only be looking at where technology is at today, but where it is going in the future. This program will take you through three phases of technology management including personal skill development, becoming a catalyst for change, and stepping into a leadership role. Phase 1 - Technology Manager as Learner The program begins with a dual focus on your personal skill development and the application of program learning in the workplace. You will learn essential skills in developing proposals, delivering presentations, and planning and managing projects in order to ensure that you are well prepared for success in the program. The Action Learning Project will provide the framework for applying what is learned in the program to a real life workplace issue. You will propose a project to your instructor, learn how to integrate your course work into an action learning project plan, reflect on the project success at each phase, and create websites to house artifacts from the course work as it is applied. Courses in this phase include: ITMGMT 500 ? Managing the Technology Career ITMGMT 510 ? Managing the Technology Project ITMGMT 601 ? Applied Action Learning 1 Phase 2 - Technology Manager as Catalyst for Change This set of courses will prepare you to lead positive change. You will explore how technology can be an enabler for business growth, and will gain experience with systems thinking as you integrate process improvement, performance analysis, organizational learning, and transition management into action learning projects. Effective use of collaborative tools will be emphasized in this phase, as you apply technologies to your own learning process. Whether you choose to take the program online, in the classroom, or in a combination of the two, you will find yourself working as a member of virtual teams with diverse classmates during this phase. In this way, you will experience technology not only as a project that is implemented, but as the very environment where learning and cooperation with each other must take place. You will complete a short assessment of your virtual team experience at the end of each course. Courses in this phase include: ITMGMT 520 ? Managing the Technology Team ITMGMT 530 ? Managing Process Innovation ITMGMT 560 ? Managing Organizational Learning ITMGMT 575 ? Technology Implementation & Change ITMGMT 580 ? Performance Analysis ITMGMT 602 ? Applied Action Learning 2 Phase 3 - Technology Manager as Leader This final set of courses will focus on preparing you to step into a leadership role in the technology function, your organization, and the information technology field. The coursework will lead you through the process of visioning, strategic planning, business planning, budgeting, proposing technology investments, all within the context of your role as a citizen of a global community. This phase concludes the program, with a return back to a focus on your skill development and application of program learning by creating a set of tools that can be used to showcase accomplishments and move forward in your career as you emerge from the program. Courses in this phase include: ITMGMT 540 ? Managing the Technology Enterprise ITMGMT 545 ? Financial Skills for Technology Managers ITMGMT 550 ? The Responsibilities of Global Citizenship ITMGMT 565 ? Leveraging Emerging Technologies ITMGMT 570 ? Maintaining the Technology Infrastructure ITMGMT 585 ? Leading the Business with Technology ITMGMT 590 ? The Practicing Technology Manager ITMGMT 603 ? Applied Action Learning 3 With your degree , you will be qualified for the leadership of technology teams, business/technology consulting, process consulting, and project/program management in any organizational environment where technology is being deployed to gain strategic advantage. Currently, most of our graduates hold positions as technology strategists, IT managers, IT directors, IT project managers, and program directors, and are well prepared for a career path leading to a CIO role. Courses are offered online and in class so you can earn your degree at your convenience without sacrificing your career or responsibilities. Whereas other schools only offer M.B.A.s with a technology management emphasis-we offer a Master of Science degree that covers the subject in much greater depth. This program not only looks at where technology is at today, but where it is going in the future. At CityU, we place special emphasis on the "process" and the "people" parts of technology management , effectively blending leadership, management, and technology while incorporating global perspectives. Technology industry experts have designed our program, and courses are based on real world experiences and needs they have identified. Everything you learn will be relevant in the real world-where it matters most. View more details on City University of Seattle . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Management and Innovation courses.