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Technology Systems Management (18 credits)
The certificate in Technology Systems Management is available
for students who are interested in the management of technology
systems, but are not interested in pursuing a degree at the time.
The design, development, or acquisition of modern complex
systems requires skills and background in both technical and
management topics. The certificate program provides a basic
approach to systems management.
Students must take the following courses:
TMAN 611 Principles of Technology Management (3)
TMAN 612 Financial Management for Technology Managers (3)
TMAN 614
Strategic Management of Technology and
Innovation (3)
TMAN 621 Systems Analysis and Operations Research (3)
TMAN 622
Systems Development, Acquisition, and
Management (3)
TMAN 632 Organizational Performance Management (3)
Executive Certificate Programs
The Executive Programs offer a combination of online and
classroom-based instruction.
Chief Information Officer (24 credits)
This 12-month executive program is offered in partnership with
the General Services Administration’s CIO University.
Participants—high-performing government and private-sector
IT professionals—receive both a federal government and
UMUC CIO Certificate. In addition, credits earned in this
program may be applied toward a master’s degree. The CIO
certificate program encompasses all competencies cited in the
Information Technology Management and Reform Act
(Clinger-Cohen) and identified by the federal CIO Council.
These are all areas of management associated with the design,
development, acquisition, implementation, planning, and maintenance
of an organization’s information technology structure.
This program is designed for
■ Chief information officers and chief technology officers
■ Senior information technology staff members and planners
■ Consultants in the field of information technology
Students must take the following courses:
XMIT 601 IT and the Industry and Strategic Management (6)
XMIT 602 Human Resources, Leadership, and Program/Financial
Management (6)
XMIT 603 Advanced Topics in IT and Systems Security and Risk
Management (6)
XCIO 693 CIO Processes (6)
Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
(12 credits)
This six-month certificate is designed to provide participants
with the critical skills needed to craft an integrated technology
and business strategy plan for their organizations. Courses are
delivered through a combination of classroom-based seminars
and online study, and develop the principles, implications, and
role of technology innovation in organizational development
and global competition. Seminars build skills in corporate creativity
and innovation, technology planning, capital finance and
budgeting, marketing, and strategic management. Important,
cutting-edge management techniques for business leaders are
covered including activity-based costing, e-commerce, knowledge
management, flexible product development, and the balanced
scorecard. The certificate is designed for managers in both
private- and public-sector organizations who wish to acquire the
necessary skills and business expertise to identify ways to strategically
improve their organizations’ performance and global
competitiveness. All 12 credits in this certificate may be applied
toward the Master of Science in technology management degree.
This program is designed for
■ CEOs, CFOs, directors, and general managers responsible
for setting the vision and strategic objectives of their
organizations
■ Mid- to senior-level executives involved in the identification,
development, and deployment of new technologies to
gain strategic advantage
■ Entrepreneurs and business development professionals
interested in private and corporate venturing
Students must take the following courses:
XTMN 601 Technology Overview and Strategic Management (6)
XTMN 602
Marketing and Financing Technology-Based
Ventures (6)
Course descriptions are found on pp. 110–56.
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