BET 640Emerging Technologies

This course introduces students to emerging and disruptive technologies that are increasingly shaping organizational strategy, operations, and competitive advantage. The objective is not to develop technical mastery, but sufficient literacy to enable informed managerial decision-making. Students will learn how a variety of emerging technologies work, what problems they are well-suited (and poorly suited) to solve, how they create value, how to assess new technologies, and what organizational, ethical, regulatory, and strategic issues they raise. The technologies to be assessed will differ from year-to-year, depending on emerging trends and the longer-term evolution of existing technologies.