MSE 682Organizational Strategy and Innovation
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
MSE 682 as listed in the Fall 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
This course examines how organizations formulate and execute strategies to drive innovation and sustain competitive advantage. Topics include linking organizational strategy with innovation processes, managing technology and change, building dynamic capabilities, and designing structures that foster creativity and collaboration. The course emphasizes how firms can adapt to technological disruption, coordinate innovation across functions, and align strategic priorities with long-term growth.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
- MSE602 - Strategic Management of Technological Innovation (0.50)
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026
- Graduate Calendar, Fall 2026The official entry
- Requirements for Fall 2026Waterloo’s requisite checker
- Schedule of Classes, Fall 2026Instructors, rooms, live seats
- Quest Class SearchWhere you enrol
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
Calendar versions
Graduate Calendar
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026 (shown here)
- Winter 2024 and earlier in the calendar archives