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Introduction to the Program

The goal of Sungkyunkwan University's Management of Technology (MOT) program is designed to foster 'Global Standard' students of professional talent who could improve the capability of technological commercialization and competitiveness of corporation and nation. The quality of teaching as well as research collaborations with GM, Sun Microsystems, EDS, Samsung and Yahoo has made our MOT programs more successful.

Reputation

We educate experts combining MOT theory and business practice to have world-class competiveness. The main goal of our education is to train people in charge of technology management, or leaders of R&D organizations. We foster these people to become technology planning managers, R&D managers and techno-CEOs. We provide opportunities to improve leadership/ideaship capability, field adaptation capability, multicultural comprehensive skills, language/expression skills and research morality.

Faculty

The overall goal of MoT is to produce MoT engineers and leaders in the industries. To meet this goal, we provide faculties in a broad spectrum of areas such as Technology Commercialization, Technology Licensing, Technology Accounting, Technology Financing, Global Technology Exchange Management, New Product Development, Technology Marketing and etc.

Full-time professor

Full-time professor

Name	Major field	Degree	Research field	Core subjects	Career
Hee Sang, Lee	Management of Technology	Georgia Tech, Ph.D	Technology Strategy / Open Innovation	Technology Strategy, MoT Methodology	KT R&D center, Professor of Hankuk University of Fereign Studies, PI of MoT Human Resource Development, Vice-chairman of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
Wan Sun, Shin	Management of Technology	U. of Oklahoma, Ph.D	Techno-leadership	Technology Leadership, Open Innovation	Professor of Mississippi State University, Outside Director of Samsung Engineering, Assistant Administrator of Public Institute Evaluator, President of Korean Society for Quality Management
Young Taek, Park	Innovation Management	KAIST Ph.D	Innovation Management	New Product Development, Entrepreneurship	Head of SKKU Academic-Industrial Cooperation, President of Korean Society for Quality Management, Advisory of Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motors, POSCO, and Korea Electronic Power Corporation.
Geun Tae, Jo	Management of Technology	SKKU, Ph.D	Technology Management / R&D Management	MoT Introduction, Manufacture Strategy	Advisory of Korea Health Industry Devvelopment Institute, Samsung Electronics DMC, PI of MoT Human Resource Development, Vice-president of Korea Society for Innovation Management & Economics
Jun Seok, Shin	Management of Technology	SNU, Ph.D	MoT / Technology Innovation	Technology Innovation, Technology Economy	Advisory of Samsung Economic Research Institute, Samsung Electronics DMC, Korea Electronic Power Corporation, Amore Pacific R&D
Myung Yong, Lee	Management of Technology	SNU, Ph.D	MoT	Economic Analysis, MoT Statistics	KT
Khaphong, Choi	Management of Technology	Ph.D	MoT	Technology Policy	Korean Standards Association

Courses and Curriculums

Our curriculum also provides graduates with the necessary educational foundation to pursue advanced studies in a broad spectrum of areas. Furthermore, the MoT students can choose one of the four ‘Tracks’: Future COO Track for the ones in a venture or small and medium industry, Future CTO Track for the ones in enterprise of middle standing companies, Future CRO Track for the ones in Public research institute, and MoT Track for full-time graduates.

MoT Course Table

Full-time professor

Field	Name of Subject	Contents	Course Recommendation
			CTO	CRO	COO
Strategy/Policy(9 subjects)	MoT	Practical application about technical innovation administration	o	o	o
	Technology Strategy	Technology selection for a private enterprise and competitive strategy	o		o
	Technology Policy	Understanding government policy on technology		o
	Business Strategy	Technique of technology	o		o
	Technology Innovation	Macroscopic/Microscopic technology innovation	o		o
	Open Innovation	Technical cooperation, Open innovation theory and cases study	o	o	o
	Technology Leadership	Leadership issues and case study for MoT field			o
	Manufacturing Strategy	Introducing strategies for innovations in production	o		o
	Organization Personnel Management	Technology organization management/evaluation		o	o
Planning/Management(10 subjects)	Technology Planning	Strategic technology plan and Strategy of R&D and formation effectively	o		o
	Technology Forecasting	Exploratory forecasting techniques such as growth curve, trend extrapolation, correlation methods and casual models	o	o
	Conditional Analysis of New Technology	New technology trend analysis and management	o		o
	International Management of Technology	International management of Tech., management of R&D, and management of R&D Org.	o
	Project Management	Overall process and the methodologies for successful software project management		o
	R&D Evaluation	Evaluating R&D project and Managing R&D performance		o
	Technology Roadmap	Learning how to coordinate R&D activities and eliminating duplications	o	o	o
	New Product Development	Quality control of product, cost control, and case study	o		o
	Service Development	Service development/management case study	o
	Technology Marketing	Theories and cases related to the marketing		o	o
Convergence/Tool(7 subjects)	Analytic Methods of Technology Management	Qualitative case analysis, Single case analysis, Multiple case analysis, Statistical generalization, Qualitative generalization	o	o	o
	Accounting for MoT	Basic concepts and principles for accounting for MoT practitioners	o		o
	Economics of Technology	Economic analysis of productivity and growth account at industry level.		o
	Convergence of MoT	Understanding convergence technology and management	o	o	o
	Technology & Design	Design management for technology innovation	o		o
	MoT Statistics	Multivariate statistics analysis	o	o	o
	Technology Information System	Application of information system from technology	o	o
Practical MOT(7 subjects)	Practical Project 1	On-site project for the 1st semester	o	o	o
	Practical Project 2	On-site project for the 2nd semester	o	o	o
	Practical Project 3	On-site project for the 3rd semester	o	o	o
	Practical Project 4	On-site project for the 4th semester	o	o	o
	MoT Seminar 1	International MoT Trend	o	o	o
	MoT Seminar 2	International MoT Trend	o	o	o
	Internship	Internship in domestic and global enterprise	o	o	o

MoT Curriculum Table

MoT Curriculum

Curriculum	Years	Courses form	Credits	Conferment of Degree
Master	2	Week Night/Weekend	45	MS in Management of Technology (Special Degree)
Ph. D	2	Week Night/Weekend	45	Ph. D in Management of Technology (Academic Degree)

Admission Requirements

A minimum of an undergraduate degree or an overseas qualification of equivalent standard.
Admission decisions are made by the admission committee and are based on:

• Previous academic accomplishments
• Demonstrated potential for graduate and professional success
• Work experience

SKKU MoT strives for balanced geographic and industry representation.

While there are many reasons why you should apply to the Department of MoT, below highlights some particular areas you should consider:

• SKKU MoT experts will be able to enjoy a flexible career path that allows them to advance in many types of organizations
• Students will study following the system of problem-based learning with practical cases in many of our courses
• Students will have an opportunity to participate in projects with our faculty members
• Students will have an opportunity to apply to GM global internships in the US
• SKKU strives for balanced geographic and industry representation.