Introduction to Technology ManagementTMGT1106

Class 2 – Innovation

Instructor: David Plouffe

Agenda

• Last week

• This week

• Next week

Last week – Introductions

• Questions

• Assignment clarification

• What is an Introduction

Weekly Procedure

1. Arrive on time 2. Hand in Assignment (research / questions)3. Review + Q&A4. Introduction to current week’s topic5. Lecturer and/or Guest presenter6. Q&A7. Wrap up8. Next week’s topic9. Hand in evaluation forms

Web site

• All course and class materials as well as announcements and Q&A can be found at:

http://www.nipissingu.ca/faculty/davidp/dphome

Web Site

• Check Web Site often for – Updates

– Announcements

– FAQ

Format of study for course

• Do independent research (The Internet is our textbook) with respect to the technology or industry topic

• Generate questions about the topic and business implications for the visiting lecturer

• Gain an introduction to the technology or industry’s use of technology

Weekly Assignments• There is no text book for this course. For reference and independent study,

students will research web sources each week for material on the current week’s topic. Five (5) sources are suggested as a minimum set of sources for your study and research. e.g.

– Industry Association– Technology product company– Technology service provider – Industry Conference provider (i.e. Insight Information

www.insightinfo.com) / Trade Journal– Government department or Ministry

• You are to hand in each week:– the site sources researched– an evaluation of the web sites research on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 dreadful –

10 awesome) – 3 questions for discussion on the technology or industry of the current week

Office hours

Wednesday – Room A224

• 12:00-12:30 and 3:30-4:30

– Call click or drop in

» Extension 4745

» Home office 478.9575

» davidp@nipissingu.ca

» Room A224

This week

• Hand in assignment

• Confirm your registration in TMGT:1106

• Innovation research

• Innovation Lecture

• Hand in evaluation (Attendance mark)

Innovation and Product Development

Products Post it notes Blackberry Linux Nano chip Duct tape

Companies 3M RIM Red Hat Software Intel ????

Innovation and Product Development

Suggestions for research

Industry Canada

www.ic.gc.ca

Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre www.canadabusiness.ca

Search

Disruptive Innovation

This week

• Read 3 articles

• Organize into groups 0 - 9

• Read assignment

This week’s Lecturer …

Innovation and Product DevelopmentDr. Glenn Brophey Professor Nipissing University

Next week - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• Check Web Site Thursday & Friday for Updates

• Individual paper initiated

• Class 8 decision

Businesses Need Better and More Timely Information…

• Where are my best customers?• Where can I find more customers?• Where is my competition?• Where should I locate my next store?• Who is the typical person who buys

my products?• How do I measure my risk?• How do I improve routing efficiency?

. . . 80% of all data maintained by companies has a spatial . . . 80% of all data maintained by companies has a spatial component—how do you exploit this?component—how do you exploit this?

… And GIS can deliver advantages• Customer Analytics• Site Selection• Risk Analysis• Territory Design

• Market Planning• Business Continuity Planning• Facility/Property Management• Logistics

Weekly Assignment - ExampleSource URL Ranking

1 - 10

Observations / Comments

Technology Product Company

Technology Service Company

Association

Trade Journal

Government

Dep’t / Ministry

Other

Weekly Assignment Search Suggestions

• GIS

• ESRI

• Sault Ste Marie Innovation Centre

• GIS Service Providers

• GIS Applications

Thank You

See you next week