Every week, the individual presentation slides done by the students in the TWC module will be uploaded online.
Feel free to refer to them via the website links at the top right panel of this blog.
MGMT002 Technology and World Change 2013/14 T1 G22 Masterblog
Sunday 25 August 2013
Sunday 18 August 2013
To TWC students
Just a few gentle
reminders:-
1.
Please
post up your blog entries for the week latest by Sunday of the same week
before 2359hrs. Your journal/blog entries for each session must be
completed prior to the start of the following session for you to receive any
credit.
2.
Each
journal/blog entry should be in your own words and should consist of at least
100 words addressing the following points:
• Brief Overview/Summary of the themes/topics addressed during the session
• Interesting Observations and Ideas (ideas and concepts that captured your attention)
• Key Take Away Points (the 2 or 3 key messages from the session that
you intend to keep in mind going forward)
• Issues for Further Discussion (stuff you wish had been considered or given more
air-time in class – and why)
• Personal Ratings for Session (how you would rate the session on a scale of 0
to 10. Feel free to be as subjective as you like in your assessment)
Extra credit will be given
for originality of thought and innovative ideas expressed in your journal/blog.
In addition, your contributions in terms of inputs/comments and suggestions to
the journal entries/blogs of others will count toward
your class participation.
Tuesday 13 August 2013
About this Course
The Technology and World Change (“TWC”) course is a core university module offered at Singapore Management University. It is part of a comprehensive curriculum aimed at nurturing and educating the future leaders and thinkers of tomorrow.
In this age where challenges in the business world evolve ever so
rapidly and circumstances are so capricious, it is vital that students are
equipped with the the right skill-sets and knowledge to handle complex
situations. The problems of today necessitate a multi-disciplinary and
multi-pronged approach and this is where the TWC course has a role to play.
This course focuses on how technology innovation has worked, and will
work, to change the world (both positively and negatively): past, present and
future. Among other things, we will examine technology innovation in the
context of the need for world change including: dealing with poverty and
creating wealth; fighting death and disease; feeding the world; meeting our
energy needs, controlling pollution and managing wastes more effectively;
ensuring sustainable development, etc. We will also address the opportunity and
need for new products, services and technologies as human aspirations and
desires change.
A primary goal of this course is to equip the student with a conceptual
framework for intelligently considering the potential economic, social and
commercial impact and significance of technology innovation; and a solid
foundation for considering issues of development, technology policy, change
management, and the management of technology
The relevance of Technology today
Technology
innovation is central to ensuring the wealth of corporations and nations as we
move rapidly into the realm of the “knowledge” economy. It is both a driver of
world change and a response to changing economic and social realities. It may
well also be our best hope for dealing with issues and concerns of global
significance as well as the consequences of past human experiments in
industrial development.
About this Blog
This masterblog
amalgamates the links to the blogs of every student in Professor Gurinder
Shahi’s Technology & World Change module. For the upcoming semester Each
of these individual blogs showcases each student’s reflections, thoughts and
insights with regard to the classes held weekly at the Singapore Management
University.
To any site visitors (non-students) who happen to come across this blog, please feel free to click on any of the links on the right to access the students' blogs. You can then see and better understand the students' views on various salient issues that concern us today.
Chances are that you will stumble across an insight or observation that could very well intrigue you!
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