MSc in Technology Management Open University

This MSc provides the knowledge and skills to make decisions about technology strategy, innovation and management, to make a real difference to your organisation. You’ll focus on the operational aspects of managing technological innovation and change. Explore a range of capabilities key to the strategic development and management of technological innovation. Conclude with an in-depth investigation of a topic or problem of your choice.

Key features of the course

• Choose between a research route or a professional route.
• Both routes offer a rigorous approach to solving complex real-world problems.
• Develops essential skills for systematically and successfully addressing technology management issues in your own organisation and wider contexts.
• Provides an excellent platform for further research studies.

The learning outcomes of this qualification are described in four areas:

• Knowledge and understanding
• Cognitive skills
• Practical and professional skills
• Key skills

Course details

To gain this qualification, you need 180 credits as follows:

Stage 1 (120 credits)

• 60 credits from:
• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849)
• Technology innovation management (TB801)

Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules T840, T846 and T848

60 credits from:

• Advanced networking (CCNP Enterprise) (T829)
• Advance your independent learning (YXM830)
• Contemporary issues in organisations (BB853)
• Continuing professional development in practice (U810)
• Creating and sustaining value (B872)
• Data management (M816)
• Digital forensics (M812)
• Entrepreneurship in context (BB851)
• Information security (M811)
• Leadership and management of public services (BB852)
• Making environmental decisions (T891)
• Making strategy with systems thinking in practice (TB871)
• Managing change with systems thinking in practice (TB872)
• Managing for sustainability (T867)
• Managing in a changing world (B870)
• Manufacture materials design (T805)
• Network security (T828)
• Project management (M815)
• Software development (M813)
• Software engineering (M814)
• Sustainable creative management (BB842)

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, T827, T834, T835, T837, T839, T850, T851, T852, T853, T862, T878, T879, T881, T882, T883, T889, T890, TM893, TU811, TU812 and TU872.

Stage 2 (60 credits)

You’ll choose either:

• a research route
• a professional route

Research route

60 credits from:

• Research project (T802)

Professional route

60 credits from:

• The MSc professional project (T847)

Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued module T842

Plus another 30 credits from the Stage 1 modules

The University’s unique study rule applies to this qualification. This means you must include at least 60 credits from OU modules that have not been counted in any other OU qualification that we’ve previously awarded to you. Note, in particular, that you can count the credit from the following modules each towards only a single qualification: Research project (T802) and The MSc professional project (T847).