E&TIM is not limited to a single technical discipline. The program's unique design allows technical professionals to apply innovation managment principles to a variety of fields, offering the cross-cutting, interdiscplinary approach required for today's technical and business leaders.

Innovation Management electives include:

A. Industrial R&D and Entrepreneurship

  • Decision Tools for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship*

  • Entrepreneurial Thought and Action

  • Entrepreneurial Business Planning

  • Perspectives on Industrial R&D

  • Inventing the Future of Services

B. Global Business and Science, Technology and
Innovation Policy

  • International Business: Theory, Strategy, Policy

  • The Rise of East Asian Economies

  • Technology and Economic Growth

  • Science, Technology and Innovation Policy*

  • Telecommunications Policy*

  • Policies of Wireless Systems and the Internet*

  • Engineering and Economics of Electric Power Systems*

  • Sustainability/Environmental Management*

  • Problem Design and Verification*

C. Innovating in the Context of an Organization

  • Managing Intellectual Capital Knowledge Intensive Businesses

  • Customer Driven Strategies and Services

  • Negotiations

  • Groups and Teams

  • Knowledge, Management and Organizational Learning

Notes:
1. Elective choices are subject to availability each term
2. Courses marked with an asterisk* may alternatively be used as a technical elective
3. With approval from instructors and the E&TIM program, students may select other electives, including Independent Study courses.

 

students at Carnegie Mellon


"A new kind of business enterprise that leverages creative resources and global management skills is needed in today's competitive world. The E&TIM program will be a model for unlocking innovation."

 

 

 

Application Schedule

Next E&TIM session begins January 2009.

Applications Are Due By:
August 31 (for September notification)
September 30 (for October notification)

 

Contact Information

Eden Fisher, PhD
E&TIM Executive Director

etim@andrew.cmu.edu

Phone: 412-268-9067
Fax: 412 268-3757

 

Engineering and Technology Innovation Management (E&TIM)
Carnegie Mellon University
129 Baker Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

 

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