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SIGNATURE SERIES SUMMIT

Celebrating 10 years of the Signature Series

October 27-28, 2009
University of Minnesota Rochester

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SIGNATURE SERIES

Courses for eight days. Impact for a lifetime.

The Signature Series takes some of the hottest topics and key professors from the Master of Science in the Management of Technology program and offers eight days of short courses for high-tech professionals and leaders. You will gain information to use immediately on your job and to have ready for future challenges.

Signature Series courses are especially attuned to technical professionals and leaders. Series participants:

    * Learn in an executive-style setting with the latest delivery technologies
    * Gain knowledge to bridge the gap between business, technology and engineering
    * Incorporate their experiences into the course discussions and class exercises
    * Meet the other participants and have a chance to develop future business contacts
    * Learn from some the University of Minnesota's world-class faculty

Courses That Will Expand Skill Sets and Stretch Perspectives

The Fall 2008 series was held September 22-25 and October 20-23, 2008. Following is the content of that series.

WEEK ONE
September 22-25, 2008

Monday, September 22
Conflict Management
Learn theory and practice methods for applying conflict management techniques in an organization. Includes cooperative and competitive models of conflict, basics of bargaining, conflict strategies, communication styles, listening skills, dispute resolution, and third-party mediation.
Instructor: Thomas Fiutak
MOT Faculty, Technological Leadership Institute, Institute of Technology; Visiting Scholar, Educational Policy and Administration, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota

Tuesday, September 23
Strategic Cost Management
Introduction to cost system design and assigning capacity costs, activity-based costing, using activity-based costing to assess customer profitability, and use of the balanced scorecard to communicate and devise strategy.
Instructor: Charles Caliendo
Senior Lecturer, Accounting, Carlson School of Management; MOT Faculty, Technological Leadership Institute, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota

Wednesday, September 24
Managing New Product Development for Business Growth
Marketing focus on new product development to enhance business growth. Includes the impact of implementing a marketing focus, creating and sustaining product value, enhancing new product success, and managing a product portfolio.
Instructor: Michael Wright
CEO, Advanced Inquiry Systems, Inc.

Thursday, September 25
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Identify and develop new business opportunities within an existing corporation. Explore ways to make an established corporation “entrepreneurial” and market new technologies both within and outside a corporation.
Instructor: Tarun Soni
Business Area Director, Argon ST, Inc.; MOT Faculty, Technological Leadership Institute, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota

WEEK TWO
October 20-23, 2008

Monday, October 20
Managing Innovation in a Technological Environment
Define and explore various dimensions of innovation, e.g., invention, discovery, creativity. Discuss management of innovation in a technological setting and the benefits of it to an organization.
Instructor: Lockwood Carlson
James J. Renier Chair and MOT Faculty, Technological Leadership Institute, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota;
President, Lockwood Carlson Consulting LLC

Tuesday, October 21
Technology Development and Management in a Global Environment
Learn about issues in the development and internationalization of technology and business, examining technology management with a special focus on international management of technology
Instructor: Massoud Amin
Honeywell/ H.W. Sweatt Chair and Director, Technological Leadership Institute; Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota

Wednesday, October 22
Communication in a Technical Environment
Focus on effective communication principles and techniques to motivate action and effect change.
Instructor: Stephen Wilbers
MOT Faculty, Technological Leadership Institute, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota;
Syndicated Columnist and Business Writing Consultant

Thursday, October 23
Strategic Management of Technology
Introduction to the strategic management of technology. Participants gain an understanding of strategic management issues related to technology-based businesses.
Instructor: Alfred Marcus
Edson W. Spencer Chair in Strategic Management and MOT Faculty, Technological Leadership Institute, Institute of Technology; Professor, Strategic Management and Organization, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

Registration and information for the 2008 Signature Series

Please contact Julie Densmore: (507) 280-3104. Or visit www.r.umn.edu/20_Signature_Series_2008.htm

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