Technology Management

Postgraduate Certificate in Technology Management
If technology, innovation and change are factors in your organisation or role, this certificate will extend your knowledge, skills and capability – adding value to your career and your workplace. It provides a rounded view of the management of technology and technological innovation, investigating topics such as the nature and types of technological innovation, technology transfer, and eco-innovation – which are relevant to all economic and organisational sectors and types of technology. The optional modules explore technology management within fields such as computing and ICT, business and management, development management and environmental management.

Key features of the course
• Focuses on the operational aspects of managing technological innovation and change
• Encourages you to apply your learning to your own particular technology context
• A wide choice of optional modules enabling you to tailor your studies to your own needs and interests.

This certificate is the first stage of a study programme that progresses to a postgraduate diploma and finally a masters degree. You can step off at any point, or study the whole programme.

Subjects taught

Modules
To gain this qualification, you need 60 credits as follows:
30 credits from:
Title
• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Technology innovation management (TB801) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules T840 and T848
30 credits from:
Title
• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Technology innovation management (TB801) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Making strategy with systems thinking in practice (TB871) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Managing change with systems thinking in practice (TB872) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Information security (M811) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Digital forensics (M812) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Software development (M813) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Software engineering (M814) 30

• Project management (M815) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Data management (M816) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Network security (T828) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Manufacture materials design (T805) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Managing for sustainability (T867) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022 FINAL
• Making environmental decisions (T891) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Continuing professional development in practice (U810) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022

Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules B821, B822, B823, B824, BZX821, BZX822, BZX823, BZX824, H807, M865, M873, M874, M876, M877, M879, M881, M882, M883, M885, M886, M887, M888, M889, M891, MZX874, MZX876, MZX881, T821, T822, T823, T824, T825, T826, T827, T833, T834, T835, T836, T837, T839, T846, T848, T850, T851, T852, T853, T862, T878, T879, T881, T882, T883, T889, T890, T894, TU811 and TU872.

The University's unique study rule applies to this qualification. This means that you must include at least 20 credits from OU modules that have not been counted in any other OU qualification that we've previously awarded to you.

Entry requirements

There are no formal entry requirements to study this qualification.
However, we do recommend that you have:
• a UK bachelors degree (or equivalent), and/or
• management experience in a field relevant to technology management.

If you don't have a bachelors degree, irrespective of your management experience, we recommend you first study the module Technology management innovation (TB801) on its own.

Your spoken and written English must be of an adequate standard for postgraduate study. If English is not your first language, we recommend that you will need a minimum overall score of 6 and minimum score of 5.5 in each of the four components: reading, writing, speaking and listening under the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Please see the IELTS website for details.

Our badged open course, Succeeding in postgraduate study, will introduce you to the nature of Master's level study. It offers essential preparation for pursuing your learning at this level – and is free.

Credits

60 credits

Duration

Minimum - 1 year.

How long it takes
The minimum time to complete is 1 year. The maximum time to complete is 8 years.

Post Course Info

Career relevance
The technology management programme develops analytical skills and provides practically relevant knowledge that will equip you well for a variety of management and leadership roles. The competent technology manager is a highly valued professional, capable of ensuring that the organisation reaps all the potential rewards from its investment in technology of whatever type. You will develop a range of job-related and transferable skills such as critical thinking, creative problem solving, and the ability to cope with rapid technological change. The capabilities in research and problem-solving developed can be exploited in all professional situations at all management levels. Employers are also impressed by the commitment and determination it takes to succeed with the OU while keeping up family and work commitments. These benefits, together with the opportunities to add value by applying your learning to the workplace as you study, make technology management programmes very attractive vehicles towards success in senior management roles.