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Postgraduate Modules

Business Leadership for Technology Entrepreneurs

Overview

The course provides students with the opportunity to:

  • Develop a range of skills to enable them to relate to, connnect with and influence people and other entities within- and associated with- the technology start-up.
  • Develop the business acument necessary to maximize the likelihood of success in an entrepreneurial environment.
  • Develop an awareness of social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility by challenging students to become champions for socially responsible businesses to build our evolving societies.


On completing this course students will be able to forge and maintain strong working relationship with everyone involved in their technology start-up in order to move the business forward with the best technology expertise, have and understanding of the goals of their start-up and adopt a targeted approach to the overall competitive landscape.

What will I Learn?

At the end of this course student will be able to:

  • Identify the appeals that are most prersuasive when going out to influence others.
  • Identify recent trends in social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility.
  • Explain the implications of social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility for technology business that is for and not for- profit.
  • Explain personal orientations when leading, influencing and interacting with other.
  • Explain how organizational systems and conventionally- used management paradigms lead to misguided behavior in technology organizations.
  • Explain the social impact and economic sustainability of technology business.
  • Explain what persons do and why they do it when in a less effective mode- thus reflecting on their style in a targeted manner to examine the origins of that style.
  • Choose positive actions that result in an effective technology business.
  • Used the Mind-Set Management perspective to describe what takes place in work environments by  demonstrating an understanding of the Culbert and McDonough view of human nature, personal style, and how people think and operate when working with others.
  • Demonstrate effectiveness in technology-based entrepreneurial scenarios through the implementation of practical knowledge of leadership strategies.

Who Should do this Course

At a Glance

  • Admissions Term: 2022/2023 Semester II
  • Registration: Open
  • Date: TBA
  • Time:
  • Duration: TBA
  • Certificate Awarded: Professional Development Certificate of Competence
  • Course Code: COMP6224
  • Capacity:
  • Cost: BDS $2,780 (US $1,390) {with assessment} ; BDS $2,370(US $1,182.50) {without assessment}

  • What does it mean to be a Technology Leader?
  • Methodologies, Projects, and Technology Change Management
  • Technology Standards and Governance
  • Learn the Business and Build key Relationships
  • Effective Communication Skills and Styles
  • Preparing for the role of Enabler and Visionary.
  • Building the right Network
  • Contract Negotiation and Financial Management
  • What is social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility?
  • Technology Business and Society
  • Measuring Sustainability and Sustainable Return on Investment
  • Creating a Business Plan around Social Ideas
  • Sustainability and the Economy
  • Sustainability and Business
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and the Global Environment

Seven (7) hours of lectures each week for seven weeks