Tuesday 13 August 2013

About this Course






The Technology and World Change (“TWC”) course is a core university module offered at Singapore Management University. It is part of a comprehensive curriculum aimed at nurturing and educating the future leaders and thinkers of tomorrow.

In this age where challenges in the business world evolve ever so rapidly and circumstances are so capricious, it is vital that students are equipped with the the right skill-sets and knowledge to handle complex situations. The problems of today necessitate a multi-disciplinary and multi-pronged approach and this is where the TWC course has a role to play.

This course focuses on how technology innovation has worked, and will work, to change the world (both positively and negatively): past, present and future. Among other things, we will examine technology innovation in the context of the need for world change including: dealing with poverty and creating wealth; fighting death and disease; feeding the world; meeting our energy needs, controlling pollution and managing wastes more effectively; ensuring sustainable development, etc. We will also address the opportunity and need for new products, services and technologies as human aspirations and desires change.

A primary goal of this course is to equip the student with a conceptual framework for intelligently considering the potential economic, social and commercial impact and significance of technology innovation; and a solid foundation for considering issues of development, technology policy, change management, and the management of technology


The relevance of Technology today

Technology innovation is central to ensuring the wealth of corporations and nations as we move rapidly into the realm of the “knowledge” economy. It is both a driver of world change and a response to changing economic and social realities. It may well also be our best hope for dealing with issues and concerns of global significance as well as the consequences of past human experiments in industrial development.

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