MBA (Gestão de Tecnologias)

The qualification provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:

Knowledge and understanding

Ao concluir os estudos para este curso, você será capaz de coletar informações relevantes em diversas áreas relacionadas a uma situação atual, analisar essas informações e sintetizá-las de forma apropriada, a fim de avaliar alternativas de decisão. Com o amplo enquadramento das organizações, o seu contexto externo e gestão, espera-se, portanto, que os graduados tenham desenvolvido conhecimentos e compreensão nas seguintes áreas:

• The impact of, and the relationship between, a range of contextual forces relevant to the management of technology. This includes legal and regulatory systems, economic, environmental, ethical and technological issues, international developments and corporate governance.
• Markets and customers; the development and operation of markets for resources, goods and services; expectations of customers and equivalent stakeholders, service and orientation.
• The concepts, processes and institutions in the production and marketing of goods and/or services; the management of resources and operations.
• The financing of the business enterprise or other forms of organisations: sources, uses and management of finance; use of accounting for managerial and financial reports applications.
• The management and development of people within organisations: organizational theory, behaviour, industrial/employee relations, HRM, change management.
• A broad range of theoretical, conceptual and applied material relevant to the study, application and practice of technology management (TM) and technological innovation (TI) and technology and innovation strategy (TIS) in almost all organisational, sectoral or industrial settings. Note: For the purpose of brevity from here on all three dimensions are subsumed within the TM acronym.

Cognitive skills

Ao concluir seus estudos para este diploma, você será capaz de demonstrar uma série de habilidades cognitivas e intelectuais, juntamente com técnicas específicas para negócios e gestão. Eles também devem demonstrar habilidades pessoais e interpessoais relevantes. Especificamente, eles deverão ser capazes de:

• Think critically and creatively: manage creative processes in self and others; organize thoughts; analyse, synthesise, and critical appraisal. This includes the capability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements, research and scholarship in terms of evidence, detect false logic or reasoning, identify implicit values, define terms adequately, generalize appropriately and analyse the potential impact of TM on individuals, organisations, sectors
• Solve problems and make decisions: establish criteria, using appropriate decision techniques including identifying, formulating and solving business problems; create, identifying and evaluating options; implement and review decisions; using a range of analytical tools for supporting the TM process
• Exercise relevant personal and interactive skills including synthesising and operating a range of techniques and methods that inform the management of design, production, operation, and improvement of technological systems

Practical and/or professional skills

When you complete your studies for this degree you will be able to:

• Selecione o estilo de liderança apropriado para as situações
• Set targets, motivate, monitor performance, coaches and mentors, to continuously improve the people, activities, operations and units being managed Recognise situations in which unusual ethical matters arise; and apply ethical, societal and organisational values to situations and choices
• Conduct some research into TM and business and management issues more generally
• Learn through reflection on practice and experience.

Key skills

When you complete your studies for this degree you will be able to:

• Scan and organise data, abstracting meaning from information and sharing knowledge.
• Demonstrate numerical quantitative and qualitative skills including the use of models relevant to TM and business situations more generally.
• Demonstrate competence in the design and application of research and the use of the skills required for analysing and communicating potentially complex findings and conclusions.
• Communicate effectively: listen, negotiate, and persuade or influence others; develop oral and written communication skills using a range of media, including the preparation of business reports.
• Develop personal effectiveness: improve self-awareness and self-management; time management; develop sensitivity to diversity in people and different situations, and the ability to continue learning.
• Perform effectively within a team environment and be able to recognise and utilize individuals’ contributions in group processes; team selection, delegation, development and management.

Existem dois caminhos para o MBA, dependendo de quando você inicia seus estudos.

Rota de novembro de 2019 em diante

Se você começar este ano ou tiver começado com o B870 em novembro de 2019 ou depois, inclusive se já tiver estudado alguma disciplina eletiva como um módulo independente, você precisará de:

60 créditos dos seguintes:

• Managing in a changing world (B870)
• Creating and sustaining value (B872)

mais 60 créditos do seguinte:

• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849)
• Technology and innovation management (TB801)

Ou o módulo descontinuado T848

mais o seguinte:

• Módulo escolar residencial de gerenciamento estratégico MBA de gerenciamento de tecnologia (BXR873)
• Finanças para tomada de decisões estratégicas (B874)

mais pelo menos 15 créditos dos seguintes:

• Contemporary issues in organisations (BB853)
• Entrepreneurship in context (BB851)
• Leadership and management of public services (BB852)
• Gestão da cadeia de suprimentos (BB849)
• Sustainable creative management (BB842)
• Making strategy with systems thinking in practice (TB871)
• Fazendo mudanças com o pensamento sistêmico na prática (TB872)
• Making environmental decisions (T891)
• Managing for sustainability (T867)
• Project management (M815)
• Empresas, direitos humanos e responsabilidade social corporativa (W822)
• Gestão da mudança: desenvolvimento e design organizacional(BZFM802)*
• Gestão da incerteza: liderança, decisões e ação (BZFM801)*

Ou os módulos descontinuados, BB841, BB844, BB848, BXM871, T839, T863, T877, T878, TD866, TU811, TU812, TU870.

*Essas microcredenciais são cursos de desenvolvimento profissional de 10 a 12 semanas apresentados no FutureLearn.

mais 30 créditos do seguinte:

• Projeto MBA: líderes de mudança (B875)

You should note that the University’s unique study rule applies to this qualification. This means that you must include at least 60 credits from OU modules that have not been counted in any other OU qualification that has previously been awarded to you.

Rota híbrida

Se você ganhou 60 créditos ao completar qualquer um dos módulos descontinuados B716 ou BXFT716, você precisará de:

60 créditos dos seguintes:

Compulsory modules

• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849)
• Technology and innovation management (TB801)

Ou o módulo descontinuado T848.

mais 15 créditos dos seguintes:

• Finanças para tomada de decisões estratégicas (B874)

Ou o módulo descontinuado BB831.

mais pelo menos 15 créditos dos seguintes:

• Contemporary issues in organisations (BB853)
• Entrepreneurship in context (BB851)
• Leadership and management of public services (BB852)
• Gestão da cadeia de suprimentos (BB849)
• Sustainable creative management (BB842)
• Fazendo estratégia com pensamento sistêmico (TB871)
• Fazendo mudanças com o pensamento sistêmico na prática (TB872)
• Making environmental decisions (T891)
• Project management (M815)
• Empresas, direitos humanos e responsabilidade social corporativa (W822) FINAL

Além disso, 30 créditos dos seguintes:

Compulsory module:

• Projeto MBA: líderes de mudança (B875)