Assignment: Management and Marketing of Technology
Hand in electronically via the VLE using departmental standard process
This assignment will consolidate your understanding of and your ability to critically analyse the links between management and marketing of technology in todays rapidly changing business environment. You are required to write a report of not more than 3000 words that addresses the following:
1. Discuss innovative technology management from the perspective of either a) renewable energy or b) the development of electric vehicles (using relevant notes and background from lectures) and describe where the future might lie for that initiative by developing a technology roadmap for the next 5 years.
Length: ~1500 words.
Your report should include the application of theoretical concepts to the management of technology in practice and seek to show evaluation and critique. Use of tools and models to illustrate your answer is encouraged but use the tools and models, do not simply replicate outline models used in lecture materials. It may be useful to consider the following as a minimum:
1. Technology solution indicating leader or technology follower
2. Type of change management required key drivers
3. Process development or change as required
4. Resistance to change
5. Hard and/or Soft system changes
6. Major risks or downsides for the initiative
2. Critically evaluate the marketing strategies of two successful companies involved with wearable technologies using your desktop market research; and discuss the factors responsible for their success. You should select your cases from any one of the following application areas of wearable technologies:
• Healthcare
o • Intelligent Building
o • Consumer Electronics •Travel/Tourism
You are required to apply a combination of concepts and theories covered in lectures such as Marketing mix, Branding and Promotion, Market segmentation, Ansoff matrix, Product lifecycle, Market positioning etc along with your desktop research to support your evaluation and conclusions. It is important to provide evidence and sources for your arguments that are fully referenced. The appropriate use of diagrams is encouraged please note that marks will not be awarded for simply replicating course concepts. Marks will be awarded where students demonstrate understanding and application of concepts to marketing practice. Additional marks will be awarded for appropriate evaluation / critique of concepts.
Applicable to both of the above questions, you will need to ensure that:
• Your response to each question is clearly marked;
• There is appropriate use of academic and business references;
• Harvard referencing style must be used;
• Tables are included in the total word count;
• Figures, appendices and references are excluded from the total word count; and
• Appendices are limited to total of 5 A4 sides.
Course Tutors: Mr Noel Jackson &DrBidyut Baruah Moderated by: DrBidyut Baruah &Mr Noel Jackson.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.