Introduction to common aims and characteristics of business and what makes them different. Business structures, cultures and functions are identified and the political, social, economic, technological and ethical considerations affecting business are introduced, An introduction to human resource management in business, An introduction to accounting and finance in business, An introduction to marketing in business, Business and social responsibility, business plan development
Compulsory Courses
TEP 610
Strategy and Competitiveness
3(3-0-9)
Fundamental of strategy and competitiveness, competitive model, environments and competitiveness advantage, strategic decisions, general analytical techniques for analysis of industry and their competitiveness. Development of competitive strategies in industries and services and implementation. Competition in global industries.
TEP 611
Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
3(3-0-9)
Theoretical foundation of management of technology and innovation for competitive advantage. Critical factors and paradigms in managing technology. Scope of innovation management and types of innovation. Considerations and proper use of technology in the value chain. Processes of technology change and value chains. Technology strategy. Dynamics managing of new technology. Technology evaluation. Technology transfer.
TEP 612
New Product Development
3(3-0-9)
Vision and technical product strategy. Foundation building of product platform. Fundamental ideas of a new product design and development. Identify customer needs and establishing product specifications. Concept development, product architecture, and designs. New product strategy and process. Models of new product development. Product management strategy development team. Evaluation of product development projects. New product strategies. Global product. Opportunities and risks of cannibalization. Growth strategies for competitiveness. Process of product strategy. Eco-design product development
TEP 613
Technopreneurship and New Venture Creation
3(3-0-9)
Introduction to entrepreneurship in technology-based firms. Interactions between the manufacturing, engineering, and marketing functions. Business start-up and factors for business success. Process of formulating a new technological enterprise. Strategic enterprise growth. Strategy development for technology-based industry, new product and service development. Entrepreneurship in technological small-and medium-sized businesses. New ventures on technology. Strategy and corporate culture in technology-based firms. Understanding technology customers. Product development and management issues in technology markets. Marketing of Innovation. Technology and Intellectual property Evaluation.
TEP 616
Research Method in Management
3(3-0-9)
An introduction to research method used in management. Formulation of a research problem and fundamental methods for data collection are introduced. Sources for primary and secondary data are defined. The course will cover both qualitative and quantitative methods. Business statistics, research design and analysis skills needed to conduct business research. An understanding of ethical implications involved in business research.
Elective Courses
TEP 622
Organizational Learning and knowledge Management
3(3-0-9)
Concepts of developmental organization. Creating knowledge. Capturing and storing knowledge. Transforming individual learning into organizational learning. Combining, transferring, and distributing knowledge. Strategies for building a continuous learning culture. The key ingredient of culture. Developing a knowledge management capability. Assessing knowledge management through a knowledge audit. Future Knowledge Organizations.
TEP 623
Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection
3(3-0-9)
Basic ideas, motivation, and attributes of transferee and transferor on the effective technology transfer. Policies and procedures for technology transfer. Technology transfer in knowledge-intensive organizations. Building a technology transfer infrastructure. Technology transfer in the global economy. International technology transfer in small-and medium-sized enterprises. Introduction to Intellectual property protection: policies and strategies. Trademark, copyright, patent and emerging patent trend. Organization that protect intellectual property. Procedures for applying for intellectual property. Intellectual property in the new technological age. Economics and management of intellectual property. Intellectual property rights in developing countries. Trademark, copyright, patent Law.
TEP 625
Technological Assessment and Forecasting
3(3-0-9)
Methods of assessing technological change in the social, political, ecological, economic, legal, and institutional environments. Trend extrapolation, time series estimation, regression analysis, econometrics, system dynamics, S curves, historical analogies, economic forecasting and analysis, expert judgment, scenarios, simulations, and tree analysis. General impact assessment, benefit/cost analysis, and risk analysis. Evaluation of technologies and their impacts.
TEP 628
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
3(3-0-9)
Introduction to logistics and supply chain management concept. Performance measures and value of a supply chain. Planning demand and supply. Purchasing. Managing inventories. Scheduling. Warehousing. Material handling and packaging. Transportation and network design. Information technology for logistics and supply chain management. Developing and maintaining logistics and supply chain relationships. Managing the global logistics and supply chain. Supply chain finance.
TEP 630
Internet Technology and Competitive Advantage
3(3-0-9)
Overview of Internet technology. The use of technologies to enhance competitiveness of industrial and service organizations E-business and e-manufacturing. Infrastructure and environments of e-business and e-manufacturing. Information economics. Future direction of Internet technology applications to the industrial and service enterprise. An intensive team-oriented project experience.
TEP 631
Sustainable Green Management
3(3-0-9)
To analyze the energy and environmental problems in Industries, Concept idea of develop and manage the sustainable of energy and environmental industrial. The analysis and estimation of its sustainable, policy and environmental development plan of Thailand and other countries concern to energy and environment. The calculation of energy per production unit (Energy footprint), economic estimation of energy and environmental project, the economical policy planning, the analysis of energy cost, the analysis of society & environment cost (Externality Cost), the allocation of future resources by a proper management to reduce energy usage and decrease the pollution effect to the environment of the products and services which will be leading to the sustainable development of each production and services in the future.
TEP 632
Risk Management
3(3-0-9)
Overview of risk management. Risk management process. Risk management strategies: benefits and costs of developing risk management system. Approaches to risk management systems. Risk reduction strategies. Source of information for risk analysis. Implementation of risk management systems, performing risk assessments, and selecting appropriate risk reduction strategies.
TEP 635
International Operations Strategy
3(3-0-9)
Operations strategy, which extends the concept of manufacturing strategy to all operations. Manufacturing and operations are used as competitive weapons and the critical strategic issues such as outsourcing and globalization. Understanding of manufacturing and operations management in a broader context of business strategy. Managing strategy for facilities, capacity, vertical integration, process technology, control and information systems, sourcing, human resources, organization and other areas that significantly affect what the business brings to the world marketplace.
TEP 636
Strategic Organization Design
3(3-0-9)
The introduction to the basic concepts, contributions, and limits of the main paradigms of organization. Oragnization Theory, Strategy, Organization Design, and Effectiveness. The influence of the organization’s strategies, size, and production technology on the organization’s design, the relationship of the organization with the external environment and strategies for managing organizational processes such as conflict, culture, and change. Organization Size, Life Cycle and Decline, Innovation and Change, Decision Making Processes.
TEP 637
Life Cycle Assessment and Competitiveness
3(3-0-9)
To study the concept idea of the analysis of life cycle, the principle of life cycle estimation and competition, estimation of effect to environmental and service, energy usage, materials usage until its expiration included production usage in terms of quantity, the analysis after usage, included reuse, recycle, and return by estimate the principle of ISO 14040s, technique of life cycle cost analysis, external cost analysis in terms of society and environment concern, Economic design, Product Stewardship, Green Policy, Green Politic, Greenhouse Gas Friendly Product, Carbon Footprint, Water Footprint, Ecological Footprint, CDM, Carbon Credit, regulations and laws involvement with a proper manage to decrease the pollution effect to the environment of the products and services which will be leading to the sustainable development of each production and services in the future.
TEP 638
Research and Development Management
3(3-0-9)
Basic concepts of research and development. The understanding the importance of research and development. Process of research and development management. Research and development organizations, research categories, issues in research and development policy and trends. The role of research and development in economic development in economic development and its impact on technological innovation. Formulating technology strategy in dynamic environment.
Special Topics Courses
TEP 640
Special Topics I
3(3-0-9)
Special topic of Current interest in Technopreneurship and Management review on academic information from published journals.
TEP 641
Special Topics II
3(3-0-9)
Special topic of Current interest in Technopreneurship and Management review on academic information from published journals.
TEP 642
Special Topics III
3(3-0-9)
Special topic of Current interest in Technopreneurship and Management review on academic information from published journals.
TEP 643
Special Topics IV
3(3-0-9)
Special topic of Current interest in Technopreneurship and Management review on academic information from published journals.
Thesis and Independent Study
TEP 650
Thesis
3(3-0-9)
Students, who take theses, are required to work on design, research, and development of project by themselves under supervision of advisors and thesis committee.
TEP 651
Independent Study
3(3-0-9)
Students, who take independent studies, are required to analyze and solve problems related to technopreneurship by themselves under supervision of advisors and technical committee.
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