Technology Management

Postgraduate Diploma in Technology Management
This postgraduate diploma will help you manage technology and innovation more effectively and realise its potential benefits – making a real difference to your organisation and your own professional development. You'll begin by focusing on the operational aspects of managing technological innovation and change, before engaging with a range of capabilities that are key to the development and delivery of technological innovation – applying your learning to your own context as you study. A wide range of optional modules enables you to choose a study pathway that suits your particular interests, including computing and ICT, business and management, development management and environmental management.

Key features of the course
• Provides an analytical view of strategic issues in technology management.
• Equips you for senior technology management roles.
• The opportunity to top up to our MSc in Technology Management
in just one more year.

Modules
To gain this qualification, you need 120 credits as follows:
60 credits from:
Module
• 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, T846 and T848

60 credits from:
Module
• Advanced networking (CCNP Enterprise) (T829) 60
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Advance your independent learning (YXM830) 30
Next start: 01 Oct 2022
• Contemporary issues in organisations (BB853) 15
Next start: 05 Nov 2022
• Continuing professional development in education (U810) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Creating and sustaining value (B872) 30
Next start: 07 May 2022
• Data management (M816) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Digital forensics (M812) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Entrepreneurship in context (BB851) 15
Next start: 05 Nov 2022
• Information security (M811) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Leadership and management of public services (BB852) 15
Next start: 07 May 2022
• Making environmental decisions (T891) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 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
• Managing for sustainability (T867) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022 FINAL
• Managing in a changing world (B870) 30
Next start: 07 May 2022
• Manufacture materials design (T805) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Network security (T828) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Project management (M815) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Software development (M813) 30
Next start: 01 May 2022
• Software engineering (M814) 30
Next start: 01 Nov 2022
• Sustainable creative management (BB842) 15
Next start: 07 May 2022

Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules B716, BXFT716, B821, B822, B823, B824, BB844, BB845, BB846, BB847, BB848, BZX821, BZX822, BZX823, BZX824, H807, M865, M873, M876, M877, M879, M881, M882, M883, M885, M886, M887, M888, M889, M891, T822, T823, T824, T825, T826, T834, T835, T837, T839, T850, T851, T852, T853, T862, T878, T879, T881, T882, T883, T889, T890, TM893, TU811, TU812 and TU872.

The University's unique study rule applies to this qualification. This means that you must include at least 40 credits from OU modules that have not been counted in any other OU qualification that we've previously awarded to you.

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 innovation management (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.

120 credits

Minimum - 2 years.

How long it takes
The minimum time to complete is 2 years. The maximum time to complete is 8 years.

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.

Careers and Employability Services have more information on how OU study can improve your employability.