‘Disruption’ has become a buzz word in the business world. But what is a disruptive change-maker? In this course you will learn how to deploy disruptive strategic thinking to develop or protect your organisation’s competitive advantage. The most innovative and successful companies have all fundamentally disrupted and reshaped existing industries, or created completely new ones. But which strategies and technologies can you use to be disruptive and take the next step for your organisation? Via structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) you will enhance your ability to think strategically and become your organisation’s disruptive change-maker.
This course is part of the Strategising: Management for Global Competitive Advantage Specialization
About this Course
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Demonstrate an understanding of a range of disruptive technologies and their implications on organisations, industry sectors and societies
Develop strategies and approaches to manage disruptive technologies by creating new business models
Apply strategic thinking and tools to evaluate relative advantage
Skills you will gain
- Strategic Thinking
- Business model innovation
- Technological
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Change and disruptive innovation
Enablers, not drivers
Business models
Disruption and Digital Platforms
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- 5 stars85.14%
- 4 stars12.50%
- 3 stars1.41%
- 2 stars0.70%
- 1 star0.23%
TOP REVIEWS FROM INNOVATION AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: BE DISRUPTIVE
Its a amazing course, it help to better understand the way in which technology truly helps in our daily lives and also the way technology has changed this world for ever.
It is quite thoughtful and nicely designed course. Given lot of insight on innovation and disruptive technologies and protective strategies. A real thought provoking course.
Very much informative and time bound ,excellent subject oriented discussion and Effective day to day work related examples. Enjoyed and Learnt a lot. Thanq very much.
The course opens the lid on what disruption means, what drives it and importantly what businesses can do to capitalize on it and protect their market share.
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