If you're looking for a complete "boundary spanning" masters, have a look at the Master of Business & Technology (MBT) from the University of New South Wales in Australia. I completed my MBT in 2005. A fellow graduate describes the benefits as follows: "The knowledge I gained by doing the MBT degree has meant that I donÂ’t get left behind when talking business and technology issues with key stakeholders. IÂ’m able to understand senior and operational managers and often perform a translator function because I can bridge the gap between business requirements and technology delivery. This means that IÂ’m well prepared for negotiations between business groups, steering committees and vendors, and internal and external technology providers. There are no mysteries or surprises!"
Not only was it interesting with excellent classroom discussion; the coursework was/is highly applicable.
It was the only technology-focused class that I recall being offered at CBS. Perhaps that has changed.
Rachel Happe
· 2 years ago
I was at the MIT Enterprise Forum's Brave New Web conference last week and there was a lengthy (and I what I found to be a bit trite) discussion of what the Boston business community can do to build more successful technology companies. There was the expected back and forth between entrepreneurs (in this case mostly engineers) and venture capitalists who were lobbing the responsibility into the other court.
From my perspective, having spent a number of years in Silicon Valley, and now being back in the Boston area, it’s a simple matter – and this discussion of education gets at the heart of it. For a very long time (and I still see this today), when people discuss ‘technology’ in Boston they immediately assume ‘engineering’ and their eyes glaze over. In Silicon Valley everyone – regardless of job or position – lives and breaths technology. And technology is about so much more than how it is engineered – it’s about what it enables and empowers; it’s about allowing people to focus on the things they find most fulfilling; it’s about building better ways to do things. From my perspective – and I am not an MBA – technology classes should be required in any business school because technology (not engineering) is affecting every aspect of our lives and our society and to not study how it affects organizations is equal to putting your head in the sand as a manager.
Toronto condominiums
· 1 year ago
IÂ’m able to understand senior and operational managers and often perform a translator function because I can bridge the gap between business requirements and technology delivery. Not only was it interesting with excellent classroom discussion; the coursework was/is highly applicable.
jessica
· 1 year ago
It is so great to see the impact of the IT on business and their leaders and still fighting for a good cause.But in the business world a great revolution has been brought by the IT we cannot refuse it anyway. http://www.theclickdepot.com
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Not only was it interesting with excellent classroom discussion; the coursework was/is highly applicable.
It was the only technology-focused class that I recall being offered at CBS. Perhaps that has changed.
From my perspective, having spent a number of years in Silicon Valley, and now being back in the Boston area, it’s a simple matter – and this discussion of education gets at the heart of it. For a very long time (and I still see this today), when people discuss ‘technology’ in Boston they immediately assume ‘engineering’ and their eyes glaze over. In Silicon Valley everyone – regardless of job or position – lives and breaths technology. And technology is about so much more than how it is engineered – it’s about what it enables and empowers; it’s about allowing people to focus on the things they find most fulfilling; it’s about building better ways to do things. From my perspective – and I am not an MBA – technology classes should be required in any business school because technology (not engineering) is affecting every aspect of our lives and our society and to not study how it affects organizations is equal to putting your head in the sand as a manager.
Not only was it interesting with excellent classroom discussion; the coursework was/is highly applicable.
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