The MSc. in Global Technology and Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship is a unique blend of modules. It incorporates technology & innovation management while preparing students with an entrepreneurial skill set, based on state of the art teaching and industry-partnered projects. GTIME's structure provides students with an international experience by asserting them to complete the second year of the course at one of 6 global partner universities.
Shaping the World of Tomorrow
(Elective Module by NIT)
Credit Points: 6
Semester: 1
Lecturer: Prof. Carolin Weißhaar
Examination Form: Project Work
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, the students should become designers of digital transformation:
Students should understand digital transformation and acquire methods for actively shaping transformations of products, services and processes in companies and society.
Students should acquire core digital competencies that enable them to understand digital technologies and apply them effectively in practice.
Students will recognize the effects of digital technologies and digital change on ethics and society, learn to assess them and evaluate their impact.
Contents:
Introduction to Digital Transformation (History, Drivers, Success Factors)
Basics of Data Analysis (data as a success factor, challenges of Big Data, analysis methods, visualizations)
Designing Digital Products and Services (user stories, wire frames, agile methodologies, Scrum, user-centered design)
IT Security (hackers and their targets, IT security risks, attack vectors, protection measures, security zone model, security by design)
Ethics and Culture of Digital Society (challenges, opportunities and risks of digital technology in relation to elections, currency, privacy, wars, artificial intelligence)