Upon completion of the full one-year program, the successful student will have developed and demonstrated abilities enabling them to:
- Evaluate leadership and innovation management strategies for corporate innovation and identify opportunities for new products and businesses in alignment with an organization?s strengths and weaknesses within an existing business structure.
- Demonstrate an understanding of cultural and international boundaries, effectively considering the implications of cultural and international business differences on project implementation.
- Employ design thinking and project management strategies to lead engineering teams in solving complex engineering problems.
- Apply project management methods including the implementation of techniques for planning, scheduling, budgeting, and controlling project performance.?
These learning outcomes will be achieved through a combination of lectures by faculty, invited guest lecturers, reading of key literature, individual and team projects (including international virtual-team projects), and practical involvement in an engineering capstone design/market development team.