The technology management project
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| End-of-course assessment | No residential school |
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Summary
This final stage in our Technology Management MBA is your opportunity to pursue a topic of your choice in detail. Its subject will depend on your interests and the courses you have taken. Your project will develop in five phases: preparing your proposal; planning and managing the project; collecting, analysing and using data; presenting your results; and writing your report. You’ll assess the strengths and weaknesses of various research methods, and learn how to review, evaluate and organise different kinds of data – making sense of the information you have gathered. You’ll receive support throughout your project, including guidance on professional report writing.
Course content
The Technology Faculty offers a programme of study leading to an MBA (Technology Management) to meet the needs of managers, engineers, technologists and scientists who have responsibilities for managing technological change. The programme was developed with the assistance of the European Community’s COMETT programme and takes a European view.
The project is an opportunity to apply your own initiative to a detailed study. Its aims are:
- To encourage you to pursue in depth an issue of professional relevance to you and your organisation
- To develop your capacity to plan, organise and carry out an extended independent study at postgraduate level
- To develop your skills in written academic communication at postgraduate level.
The course consists of four blocks. Block 1 explains the nature of The technology management project and helps you to choose a suitable topic. It suggests an approach to adopt in order to avoid some of the common pitfalls of postgraduate projects, and gives guidance on putting your proposal together and completing the initial proposal form. Block 2 explains the nature of the research process and the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches. It provides guidance on planning the project and gives you information that will help you to carry out an effective literature search. Block 3 teaches you how to review various kinds of data, to evaluate quantitative and qualitative data, to organise your research and to make sense of the information you have gathered. Block 4 helps you to write effectively and produce a professional report on your project work.
The subject you choose for your project will depend very much on your own interests and the courses you have taken. Your tutor will help you to define an area of study that is at an appropriate level, and will support you throughout the project.
Vocational relevance
The course is related to the N/SVQ in engineering technology management at Level 4.
Entry
This course can be taken on its own or counted towards a qualification. It is one of three compulsory courses in Stage 2 of the University’s MBA (Technology Management). If you are taking it as part of that MBA you must already have successfully completed Technology management: an integrative approach (T840) and Technology strategy (T846). If you have any doubt about the suitability of the course, please contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service.
Qualifications
T842 is a compulsory course in our
- MBA (Technology Management) (F03)
- MSc in Strategic Management of Information Systems (F54)
- MSc in Systems Thinking in Practice (F47)
T842 is a compulsory course for the MBA (Technology Management) if you started your studies before November 2006.
Some postgraduate qualifications allow study to be chosen from other subject areas. These qualifications allow most postgraduate courses to count towards them. We advise you to refer to the relevant qualification descriptions for information on the circumstances in which this course can count towards these qualifications because from time to time the structure and requirements may change.
Excluded combinations
If this course is in a similar area to one you have already completed, you can find out if it is an excluded combination.
If you have a disability or additional requirement
If you are a new student, or new to courses using a computer or the internet, you will need to inform us of your particular needs as soon as possible, as some of our support services may take several weeks to arrange. Details of how to do this and our range of support services are described in our booklet Meeting Your Needs which you can download or request from our Student Registration & Enquiry Service.
You can also find information about accessible course materials, financial support and the Disabled Students' Allowance, equipment and other services, on our Services for disabled students website. It also includes our contact details for advice and support both before you register and while you are studying.
Course materials
What's included
Course books.
Computing requirements
This course has online computer activities – you can access these using a web browser that can play Flash and Shockwave.
You will need internet access and a computer. If you have purchased a new computer since 2002 it should meet your course computing requirements. Check our Technical Requirements section if your computer is older than this or is otherwise unusual.
Teaching and assessment
Support from your tutor
You will have a tutor who will be responsible for monitoring your progress on the course, marking and commenting on your written work and whom you can contact for advice and guidance. Your tutor will maintain pro-active contact with you throughout the course. There is also an online forum for all students on the course which one of the course tutors moderates. Contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service if you want to know more about study with The Open University before you register.
Assessment
The assessment details for this course can be found in the facts box above.
You will be expected to submit your tutor-marked assignments (TMAs) online through the eTMA system unless there are some difficulties which prevent you from doing so. In these circumstances, you must negotiate with your tutor to get their agreement to submit your assignment on paper.
The first assignment, which defines your project proposal, is submitted shortly after the course begins. Then three assignments help you to build your report from the initial proposal to a complete draft. You submit the report itself (about 10,000 words) at the end of the study year.
Professional recognition
The Open University is registered with the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers as a continuing professional development provider.
Students also studied
Students who studied this course also studied at some time:
Future availability
The details given here are for the course that starts in November 2009 when it will be available for the last time. We expect it to be replaced after that by a course in a similar area.
How to register
We regret that we are currently unable to accept registrations for this course. Where the course is to be presented again in the future, relevant registration information will be displayed on this page as soon as it becomes available.
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