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Courses

Innovation Management & Product Development Management

This course enables the students to keep abreast of the fast-developing and multi-disciplinary field of innovation. It provides the students with the necessary skills and knowledge to explore and manage creativity, research and development, and product development. The course focuses on the managerial skills and professional expertise needed to take a product or service from concept to market
MOT 602

MSc Thesis / Project

Students who opt for MSc degrees in MOT are expected to prepare their master’s thesis under the supervision of the graduate student’s advisory committee and present and defend their thesis in front of the assigned examining committee. Students are encouraged to select subjects for the Thesis from their work environment. Students who opt for professional masters are exempted. However, these
MOT 650

Masters Research Project

The project shall provide evidence that the candidate has acquired, to a satisfactory degree, the ability: to master theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of Technology Management, to search for references, review literatures, comprehend the subjects, use modern scientific and technological tools to formulate ideas, conduct research, study, analyze, and present the research results in

MOT 649

Directed Studies

In this course, students follow an in-depth directed study in a given topic or field of their choice under the close supervision of a faculty member. A student may repeat the course for credit provided that the topic or field of choice is different. Repeating the course for credit requires the approval of the program director
MOT 699

Selected Topics in Management of Technology

This course is tailored to introduce students to the latest advances in fields that are related to their specialization in the management of technology, and/or to focus on a specific area of particular interest to the discipline. Course contents may vary from term to term to address emerging subjects.
MOT630

Advanced Topics in Industrial Systems

This course is intended to provide the student with understanding of industrial systems paradigms, their objectives, evolution and enabling technologies. The course will cover also automation in advanced systems and computer integrated manufacturing. Modeling and control of automatic production systems will be discussed as well as the new sustainable and green systems with new energy and materials

MOT628

New Trends in Information and Communication Technology

This course provides students with the knowledge to understand trends in new and emerging information and communication technologies, assess their impact and potential benefits, and identify strategies for managing the introduction of these technologies in today’s organizations. This course covers advances in data management, data communications, electronic commerce, multimedia, web technologies
MOT 627

Total Quality Management

This course introduces the concepts of Total Quality Management (TQM), a managerial approach to changing the culture of a company where all processes are geared towards exceeding customer expectations and creating a challenging environment for employees. TQM concentrates on continuous improvement of all “processes” within the organization from capturing end-user customer requirements, to designing
MOT 626

Environmental Management& Ethics

In the first part of this course, students will be exposed to the problems associated with industrial development and sustainability, as well as environmental hazards and their impact on health and safety, environmental management programs, ISO 14000 and international standards. The second part of the course includes an introduction to morality and ethics as defined and distinguished. Applied

MOT 625

Problem Solving & Decision Making

This course aims to familiarize the student with management science tools for business systems analysis and improvement. The coverage includes linear and integer programming models, project management, transportation algorithms, simulation, queuing theory, and decision trees and analysis. Some widely used software will be illustrated through examples and case studies derived from business
MOT 624

Systems Engineering

Introductory course to systems engineering for graduate students that offers traditional design processes to accommodate specific requirements and capabilities, and to match the constantly changing requirements and the introduction of new technologies in a continuing and evolutionary basis.. The content of the course follows typical system design life cycle. It correlates the different disciplines

MOT 623

Microeconomics and Competitiveness

While sound macroeconomic policies, stable legal and political institutions, as well as improving social conditions, create the potential for competitiveness, wealth is actually created at the microeconomic level. This course explores the determinants of competitiveness and successful economic development viewed from a bottom-up, microeconomic perspective. It covers the patterns of supply and

MOT 621

Fundamentals of Technology Management

This course introduces the interdisciplinary aspects of the Management of Technology. It includes Engineering, science, and management principles contributing to developing a successful framework for managing technological resources within a country or an organization. Technology is addressed as the engine of wealth creation, technology life cycles, technological innovation, competitiveness
MOT 601

Strategic Management of Technology

This course includes the following: Technology and competitiveness at the macro-level of nations and the micro-level of corporations and organizations, and the formulation of strategies and the integration of technology and business strategies. The basic concepts in strategic thinking are covered such as Strategic Business Thinking, Technology in Strategic Thinking, and Conditional Theory in
MOT 603

Entrepreneurship

This course includes the following: The theory and practice of entrepreneurship and new venture creation. Conversion of technological know-how and engineering theories into business enterprises, connecting technology with markets, the role and characteristics of entrepreneurs, preparing a business plan, securing sources of capital, and understanding the complexities of selecting a management team
MOT 604

Technology Foresight, Forecasting & Pivotal and Emerging Technologies

In the first part of this course, the topics covered are Methods and Tools of technological foresight and forecasting. This includes monitoring scenarios, Delphi techniques, expert opinion, trend analysis, modeling, and scenario construction. The second part includes a discussion of new and emerging technologies and the process by which these technologies were developed and are evolving. The
MOT 605