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BA 460 - Venture Management -- Spring Term, 2005

 

BA460: Venture Management

 

Venture Management is a senior level course designed for students in the College of Business and the Entrepreneurship Minor Program.  It is designed to prepare the student for leadership roles in the technology innovation process driving new venture start-ups and new ventures within existing, technology-based organizations.  The purpose of the course is to review dimensions and conceptual underpinnings of the innovation system, study concepts and principles for managing this system, and practice application to actual venture management. 

 

Topics include scientific research, technology development, product development, intellectual property development, management of scientists and engineers, actual commercialization of new products and services, and business assessment based on the triple-bottom-line.  The course includes selected readings, cases, guest speakers, and analyses of emerging technologies.  All assignments are designed to develop management skills required for the graduate to contribute to real ventures in real organizations.

 

Prerequisites: Senior standing in the College of Business or the Entrepreneurship Minor Program, BA 340 or 360, BA 390, and BA 350 or permission.

 


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