Technology Management, M.S.

The master’s program in Technology Management (TM) is designed to prepare you for the fast-moving global economy where the ability to manage advances in management, engineering, science, and technology is critical to innovation, competition, and success. We develop leaders adept at managing technology-dependent organizations, emerging technology-based entrepreneurial businesses, technology change and innovation, and skills in establishing and maintaining superior competitive advantages for their organizations.

The master’s program is an innovation interdisciplinary graduate program that enables you to seamlessly and easily integrate courses and concentrations offered by various departments and schools at UB. Our graduates have obtained positions in engineering, technology, management, and other professional careers in a wide spectrum of industries and organizations. As an integral part of the MS in TM, we give you the opportunity to specialize in a number of exciting concentrations after you complete specific core courses. Thus preparing you for select highly sought after industry certifications.

The MS in Technology Management program is accredited by the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT).

Our school has a strong internship program which allows students to work for outside companies while completing their degree. We also have on-campus jobs both within and outside the TM department.

The UB Technology Management program is specifically designed to develop skills and competencies such as:

1. Identifying and evaluating the impact of relevant changing technology and managing those changes.
2. Designing programs to identify, develop, and implement innovative technological based solutions.
3. Managing the effective planning and execution of those technology based initiatives and the integration of their results into the mainstream of an enterprises’ strategy, processes, and operations.
4. The application of technology to create wealth.
5. Leadership, the creation and sustenance of high-performance global teams, and enabling innovation.

The department offers, as an integral part of the Technology Management master’s degree, the opportunity to specialize in a number of concentrations, which are inter-disciplinary and available through various departments to provide more educational and career choices and flexibility for the students:

• Global Program and Project Management
• Manufacturing Management
• Supply Chain, Logistics and Service Management
• Quality Management & Continuous Improvement
• Bio-Technology Management
• Information Technology & Analytics Management
• New Product Development, Management & Commercialization

The concentration areas can be applied to satisfy the requirements of dual master’s degree programs of study.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate:

1.  Effective leadership and management skills in technology driven environments,
2. Expertise to integrate technological solutions into business processes to enhance effectiveness and efficiency by assessing emerging technologies to gain a competitive advantage,
3. The ability to foster a culture of innovation within an organization, recognizing the technological, political, and cultural forces that enable and inhibit change, and
4. The capability to apply a broad understanding of risk to enable project/program/change success.

2. Communicate ideas clearly and persuasively in oral and written structures in both formal and informal settings.
3. Contribute within diverse sets of teams and build internal and external relationships that facilitate success in contemporary organizations via interpersonal and professional skills.
4. Apply information literacy, proficiency with technology, and analytical techniques for ethical/effective/efficient decision-making.
5. Address current issues and case studies using creativity and methods for problem identification/solutions.
6. Act with integrity as an individual and apply ethical theories to contemporary organizations/topics.
7. Think critically and logically by integrating concepts across disciplines to successfully lead in a dynamic international/global environment.