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Course: 2025/2026

Technology Management
(20369)
Bachelor in data and business analytics (Plan: 560 - Estudio: 203)


Coordinating teacher: ALVAREZ GIL, MARIA JOSEFA

Department assigned to the subject: Business Administration Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
command of English (C1 or higher)
Objectives
Knowledge: - Know and understand the objectives and strategies of Operations Management. - Know and understand the main concepts and models associated with quality. - Know and understand the fundamentals of the processes of design and development of goods and services. - Know and understand the processes of generation of goods and services and the corresponding plant layout of facilities. - Knowledge and understanding of location and capacity decisions. - Know the planning of the resources necessary for the generation of goods and services. - Apply all the above points to problem solving. Skills: - Ability to make decisions. - Ability to work individually, prioritising precision and accuracy of results. - Ability to work in a team. - Ability to relate to others. - Ability to adapt to new situations. - Ability to accept other points of view. Attitudes: - Ability to search and curiosity. - Enthusiasm for problem solving. - Defending and justifying certain actions.
Learning Outcomes
K1: Know the principles and values of democracy and sustainable development, in particular, respect for human rights and fundamental rights, gender equality and non-discrimination, the principles of universal accessibility and climate change. K2: Know basic humanistic contents, oral and written expression, following ethical principles and completing a multidisciplinary training profile. K10: now the fundamental elements of the organizational structure and the factors that influence the design of organizations, understanding and analyzing how the objectives of the organization affect the results, and the definition and planning of the strategies that will guarantee the achievement of these objectives C5: Ability to analyze, formulate and defend individually a problem and its solution in the disciplinary field of Statistics and Data Science, applying the knowledge, skills, tools and strategies acquired or developed in the degree. C7: Ability to access, analyze and classify large volumes of data of a highly heterogeneous nature (Big Data), as well as to manage and design advanced data analysis and AI tools in social and business applications. S3: e able to dedicate themselves to autonomous long-life learning, that enables them to adapt to new situations S6: Communicate the results, the conclusions of the models and the proposed solutions in a way that is intelligible to the rest of the company, so that they are accepted and implemented by the decision-makers
Description of contents: programme
1. Principles of Technology Management, with a focus on Systems Engineering. 2. Life cycle concepts and models. 3. Methods and techniques for the concept, development, production, utilisation, support and retirement of systems in the organisation. 4. The importance of processes in technology management. 5. Improvements to application process systems that lead to successful technology management of complex systems in any organisation. 6. Roles involved in technology management.
Learning activities and methodology
AF1. THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CLASSES. The knowledge to be acquired by the students will be presented in these classes. Students will receive lecture notes and will have basic reference texts to facilitate the monitoring of classes and the development of subsequent work. Exercises and practical problems will be solved by the student and workshops and assessment tests will be carried out to acquire the necessary skills. AF2. TUTORIALS. Individual (individual tutorials) or group (group tutorials) assistance to students by the lecturer. AF3. INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP STUDENT WORK. MD1. THEORY CLASS. Lectures by the lecturer with the support of computer and audiovisual media, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed and materials and bibliography are provided to complement the students' learning. MD2. PRACTICES. Resolution of practical cases, problems, etc. posed by the teacher individually or in groups. MD3. TUTORIALS. Individual (individual tutorials) or group (group tutorials) assistance to students by the lecturer. For subjects of 6 credits, 4 hours will be dedicated with 100% attendance.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 0
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 100




Extraordinary call: regulations
Basic Bibliography
  • Melissa A. Schiling. Strategic Management iof Technological Innovation. Mac-Graw Hill. 5th edition, 2017
  • Melissa A. Schilling. Strategic Management iof Technological Innovation. Mac-Graw Hill. 5th edition, 2017
Additional Bibliography
  • Daniel R. A. Schallmo , Leo Brecht (Author), Bujar Ramosaj. Process Innovation: Enabling Change by Technology: Basic Principles and Methodology: A Management Manual and Textbook with Exercises and Review Questions. Springer Gabler. 2018

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.


More information: http://www.business.uc3m.es/es/faculty/profesor/perfil/maria-jose-alvarez