Howe School of Technology Management
Doctoral Program, 2004 - 2005
Revised August 2, 2004/Information Management Draft
Introduction
Administration
Contact Information
Degree Requirements
The Doctoral Dissertation
Admission and Graduation Requirements for Doctoral Program
Specific Requirements for the Information Management Concentration
Specific Requirements for the Technology Management Concentration
Specific Requirements for the Telecommunications Management Concentration
Residency Requirements and Leaves of Absence
International Student and Scholar Services
Off-Campus Housing
English Language Training
Financial Aid
Taxable Income
Travel Reimbursement
Research Centers
Graduate/Ph.D Courses
Doctoral Seminars
The Doctoral program at the W.J. Howe School of Technology Management includes concentrations in three major areas: Technology Management, Telecommunications Management and Information Management. Within Technology Management, students may pursue their doctoral studies in several areas related to technology management such as Innovation Management or Project Management. The Howe School also participates in an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Telecommunications Management.
Our mission is to prepare students for careers in research and teaching in areas relevant to the Management of Technology and Information. Our Ph.D. Program has graduated many outstanding individuals who have gone on to careers in academia, business and consulting. Consistent with the traditions of Stevens, our program combines academic rigor with practical relevance. Stevens commitment to Technogenesis allows Ph.D. students to interact with scientists and engineers at the leading edge of new technology. In addition, our close relationships with industry in the New York area allows students to conduct research that is both methodologically sound and practically relevant.
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The Ph.D. program is administered according to policies that are approved by the Graduate Committee of the Howe School and the Graduate School of Stevens Institute of Technology.
A Howe School Ph.D. Committee interprets these policies and makes decisions on relevant issues. Day-to-day administration of the program is overseen by the Howe School Ph.D. Director, who is also chair of the school's Ph.D. Committee. Each concentration has a Ph.D. Coordinator who is responsible for developing curriculum and overseeing students majoring in that concentration.
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For further information about the Ph.D. Program, contact:
Richard R. Reilly, Director of the Howe Ph.D. Program and Coordinator for the Technology Management Concentration rreilly@stevens.edu, 201-216-5383
For information about specific concentrations, contact:
Information Management:
Prof. Edward A.Stohr, estohr@stevens.edu, 201-216-8915
Prof. Joe Morabito, jmorabit@stevens.edu, 201-216-5304
Technology Management:
Prof. Richard R. Reilly, rreilly@stevens.edu, 201-216-5383
Telecommunications Management:
Prof. Audrey Curtis, acurtis@stevens.edu, 201-216-5524
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1. Admission
1. All applicants to the Ph.D. program must submit either a GMAT or GRE score.
2. Foreign students whose native language is not English must also take the TOEFL test. Additional admission criteria for each specific concentration are detailed below.
3. Attach a copy of your Master's thesis or comparable research project. If you have not completed a thesis or independent research project you will be required to complete an independent research project within two years after admission to the program. Candidates for a Ph.D. in Information Management must include in their application a demonstration of substantive writing skills such as a publication, a Master's thesis, or the equivalent.
2. Credits
The minimum requirements for a Ph.D. degree is 60 graduate credits. Each student takes 36 credits of course work (12 courses) of which two courses (6 credits) may be used as dissertation credits. The Ph.D. requirement is completed by taking a further 24 points of dissertation credits.
The 60 Credits required for the Ph.D. beyond the Master's degree may not have been already used towards any other degree at Stevens.
3. Study Plan
Each incoming student will be assigned an advisor. The advisor will work with the student to develop a study plan that specifies the courses needed for completion of the doctoral program.
4. Research Advisor
All doctoral students must have a research advisor. The research advisor will, in most cases, also be the chair of the student's dissertation committee. Students should determine their research advisor by the end of their first year of study.
5. Residency
Full-time students are typically enrolled in three graduate courses and spend an additional 20 hours per week conducting research and/or teaching. At a minimum all students must spend one year "in residence" performing research. "In residence" means that the student shall spend a substantial portion of each week on the campus or at a research facility acceptable to the student's Dissertation Advisor. The details of the residency are subject to the approval of the Dissertation Advisor and the Dean of The Graduate School.
6. The Qualifying Examinations
Before doctoral students can formally begin a dissertation they must pass doctoral qualifying exams related to the theory and content of their area of study. The specific requirements for the doctoral qualifying exams in Technology Management, Telecommunications Management and Information Management are described below. The Report on Qualifying Examination form is filed with The Graduate School. Students are permitted to enroll in a maximum of 12 dissertation credits prior to taking the Qualifying Examination, with permission of the Academic Advisor.
7. Residency
Each semester, doctoral students enrolled in the research credits course (MGT960) must submit a Research Activity Report to his or her Advisory Committee. Students who do not submit such a report cannot enroll in additional research credits. Research Activity Report forms are available from The Graduate School web page or The Graduate School office,12th floor, Howe Center.
8. Preliminary Examination in Research Methods
A one-day examination in Research Methods is required of all students. Normally, this examination is taken at the end of the second year of study. The content of this examination includes, but is not limited to, Statistics (Management 796), Research Methods (Management 599), Multivariate Statistics (Management 552), Design and Analysis of Experiments (Management 730). A report on Preliminary Examination form is filed with The Graduate School.
9. Colloquia Attendance
All doctoral students who entering the program after the fall semester, 2001 are expected to attend doctoral colloquia in the first two years of their program. One credit per semester in Management 960 will be awarded to students who attend colloquia and participate in follow-on discussions. Attendance and participation will be reviewed by the Howe School Doctoral Committee.
10. Annual Review
Students will be evaluated annually by the Howe School Doctoral Program Committee. The committee will review the student's progress in the program and assess the development and progress of the student toward the completion of the doctoral program. Feedback will be given to students on their progress and development.
11. Plagiarism
Plagiarism (representing someone else's language or ideas as one's own) is cause for dismissal from the program.
12. Time Limit
A student who has earned a Master's degree or its equivalent is allowed a maximum of six years to complete the requirements for the Doctoral degree.
13. Enrollment and Leave of Absence
The requirements are the same as those for the Master's degree, see Section 1, paragraph IV, D of the Graduate Student Handbook.
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1. Credits Allowed
Dissertation credits are taken as Management 960. Students can take up to 12 dissertation credits on a provisional basis but must have presented an acceptable dissertation proposal in order to take additional dissertation credits. A maximum of 30 dissertation credits can be taken.
2. The Dissertation Advisory Committee
Within 6 months of becoming a doctoral candidate, the student needs to select a Research Advisor and agree upon a research topic. The Research Advisor and the doctoral student will nominate additional members of the Advisory Committee. A dissertation committee is composed of at least four persons, one of whom must be a Stevens professor from another department or program. It is permissible and desirable to have as a committee member a highly qualified person from outside Stevens. The chair or co-chair must be a tenure-track, full-time professor or professor emeritus. A Dissertation Advisory Committee Appointment form is completed and submitted to the Dean of The Graduate School for approval. Usually, the student's Research Advisor serves as Chairman of the Advisory Committee. The student and the Advisory Committee must meet at least once a year and report to the Dean of The Graduate School that the meeting was held.
3. Dissertation Proposal
The doctoral candidate will prepare a written dissertation proposal. The proposal will be formally presented to the committee for approval. The dissertation proposal will be presented in an open forum that will be advertised institute-wide. The candidate's dissertation committee will decide what suggestions or criticisms made at the defense will be incorporated into the candidate's research.
4. Oral Dissertation Defense
A draft of the completed dissertation will be made available to the committee six weeks prior to the date of the scheduled dissertation defense. After the draft dissertation has been provisionally accepted by the student's Advisory Committee, the student, in conjunction with the appropriate department, shall schedule the final public oral examination. The dissertation abstract shall be submitted to The Graduate School to publicize the Public Defense of Doctoral Dissertation at least ten working days before the examination. The formatting information for the notice is contained in the "Specifications for Master's Thesis and Doctoral Dissertations" available from The Graduate School or the Library. The Defense must take place at least three weeks before Commencement.
5. Publication of Dissertation
A. After the dissertation is accepted, the student and his or her Research Advisor are urged to prepare a manuscript for publication. The publication should carry this statement, "This paper (or part thereof) has been submitted by ___________ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree in the Department of _________ at Stevens Institute of Technology.
B. If a student and his Research Advisor find it desirable to publish or present publicly any portion of the dissertation before it has been accepted, the publication should carry the statement, "This paper is taken in part from a dissertation to be submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree of _______ in the department of ___________ at Stevens Institute of Technology."
C A Ph.D. student is not permitted to incorporate into the text of his/her Ph.D. thesis photocopies of previously published work. Text must be reformatted to conform to the rest of the thesis and to conform to the library's rules on format of Ph.D. thesis.
6. Dissertation Format
The dissertation must be written in accordance with the Specifications for Master's thesis and Doctoral Dissertations, a copy of which may be obtained from The Graduate School Web Page or the Library.
7. Library Copies of Dissertation
Once the public examination is passed, the student provides the Librarian with three copies of the dissertation, signed by all members of the Advisory Committee, and six copies of the abstract along with the Survey of Earned Doctorates form, the University Microfilm (UMI) form, and such other documents as may be requested. The Librarian notifies the Dean of The Graduate School when the dissertation and all other required documents are received in satisfactory form.
8. Notification to Graduate School
When the final public examination is taken, one copy of the Report on Dissertation and Final Examination, signed by all the members of the Advisory Committee is submitted to The Graduate School.
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Students may be admitted upon completion of the master's degree or its equivalent. All applicants to the Ph.D. program must submit either a GMAT or GRE score. Foreign students whose native language is not English must also take the TOEFL test. Additional admission criteria for each specific concentration are detailed below.
To obtain a Ph.D., a student needs to complete at least 90 credits (beyond the BSc. level) of which 66 are course credits and 24 are dissertation credits. A maximum of 30 credits is awarded for a master's degree from another school. As part of their coursework, students are required to attend research colloquia (lectures) given at the Howe School by prominent visiting researchers.
When certified for candidacy following completion of the written exams and all coursework, students are required to write and defend a dissertation in a selected area of concentration. It is expected that doctoral dissertations will make significant contributions to the creation of knowledge and the development of theory and practice in a selected area. Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for specific requirements.
The Information Management Ph.D. is designed for highly-qualified students interested in careers in teaching and research in the management of information. Graduates are equipped to pursue careers in either academia or industry.
The program is based on the premise that information systems always exist within the context of a specific organization. Their effectiveness is greatly dependent upon the attitudes towards such systems of the individuals using them. With this in mind, students are required to take courses and seminars in Information Management and Organizational Behavior and Theory. After completion of their course work, students are examined in design and development of information systems, information management and organizational theory and behavior, networks and distributed information management, strategic management of information systems and the management of the information technology organization. Appropriate preparation for this program is a Master of Science degree in Information Systems or its equivalent, Computer Science, and Telecommunications Management, or an MBA. Students with insufficient background in database management systems and organization theory may be asked to take introductory master's level courses for no credit toward the Ph.D. degree. In addition to the GRE or GMAT score, applicants are asked to submit with their application a sample of writing such as a published paper, a master's thesis, a semester project paper or an extensive case study for which they were the principal or sole author.
Typical Schedule for Information Management Ph.D. Students
The schedule below is an example of a schedule for a student with a Master's degree in Information Management or a related field. Core courses are shown in bold. (Note that this schedule will vary from year to year as a number of courses are taught every second year.)
Year | Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
First | Mgt 730 Design and Analysis of Experiments
Mgt 704 Research Seminar:
Organization Theory and Behavior I
Mgt 726 Process Management | Mgt 599 Research Methods
Mgt 705 Research Seminar:
Organization Theory and Behavior II
Mgt 716 Elective |
End of 1st Year | The student's status in the program is reviewed by the Information Management Ph.D. Committee. |
Second | Mgt 552 Multivariate Statistics
Mgt 778 Principles of Information
Management I
Mgt 736 Elective | Mgt 790 Technogenesis Research
Mgt 779 Principles of Information
Management II
Mgt Strategy Management |
End of 2nd Year | Students are qualified to take Qualifying Examinations in Information Management and Organizational Theory during the third year in program. |
Third | Mgt 960 Research in Management
One additional class selected from the list below. | Mgt 960 Research in Management
One additional class selected from the list below.
Disseratation research. |
By End of 3rd Year | Successful Completion of Qualifying Examinations.
Oral Defense of Dissertation Proposal* |
Fourth Year | Mgt 960 Research in Management
Completion and defense of doctoral dissertation. |
Note: * Students must complete these requirements before a dissertation proposal can be approved. Doctoral preliminary examination may be written or oral at the discretion of the committee chair. Courses in bold represent the common core. Guidance on electives should be obtained from the advisor.
Students in the Information Management program select two additional courses or seminars from among the following :
Mgt 716/726/736 PhD Seminars: Advanced Topics
Mgt 777 Information Management Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Mgt 783 Enterprise Systems Management
Mgt 784 Integrated IS Technologies
Mgt 801 Special Problems in Management
Qualifying Examinations
In the third year of the program, after the completion of the first eight courses, students are required to sit for two qualifying examinations, one in Information Management topics and the other in Organizational Theory and Management topics. These examinations are prepared and scored by the faculty involved in teaching the courses during the first two years of the program.
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The Ph.D. program in Technology Management is designed for highly-qualified students interested in careers in teaching and research. Graduates are equipped to pursue careers in either academia or industry. A candidate for the Ph.D. program in Technology Management is expected to have demonstrated research competency in order to be admitted to the program. Applicants are asked to submit with their application a sample of their research, such as a published paper or a master's thesis or other research paper for which they were the principal or sole author.
Typical Schedule for Technology Management Ph.D. Students
The schedule below is an example of a schedule for a student with a Master's degree. Core courses are shown in bold. (Note that this schedule will vary from year to year as a number of courses are taught every second year.)
Year | Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
First | Mgt 552 Multivariate Analysis
Mgt 716 Research Seminar
Elective | Mgt 599 Research Methods
Mgt 801A Special Problems
Elective |
End of 1st Year | Successful Completion of Qualifying Exam for TM PhD* |
Second | Mgt 730 Design and Analysis of Experiments
Mgt 801B Special Problems
Elective | Mgt 790 Technogenesis Seminar
Mgt 736 Research Seminar
Elective |
End of 2nd Year | Completion of independent research for students who did not complete a Masters Thesis*
Successful completion of Qualifying exam in Research Methods |
Third | Mgt 960 Research in Management | Mgt 960 Research in Management
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By End of 3rd Year | Successful Completion of Doctoral Preliminary Examinations.
Oral Defense of Dissertation Proposal* |
Fourth Year | Completion and defense of doctoral dissertation. |
Notes:
*Students must complete these requirements before a dissertation proposal can be approved. Doctoral preliminary examination may be written or oral at the discretion of the committee chair. Courses in bold represent the common core.Guidance on electives should be obtained from the advisor.
Qualifying Examination
This is a comprehensive examination on Technology Management subjects. Students entering the program with a Master's degree are expected to take this examination after completing one year in the program. This examination will be prepared and scored by the Technology Management doctoral committee. The qualifying examination in Technology Management is designed to demonstrate understanding and competence in areas relevant to Technology Management. This examination should be taken at the end of the first year of coursework in the Ph.D. program. This is a one-day exam and students choose four topics in Technology Management. The purpose of this exam is to ensure competency before students go further in the doctoral program. Two of the topics must be in Quantitative Methods and two additional topics must be in the Management/Organization area.
Comprehensive Examination in Research Methods
A second one-day examination in research methods can be taken at any time but it is suggested that students take this exam after completing Mgt 599, Mgt 552 and Mgt 730. This examination covers basic and advanced research methods and basic and multivariate statistics. This examination must be passed before students can begin their dissertation.
The Ph.D. program in Telecommunications Management is designed for highly-qualified students interested in careers in teaching, research and industry. Graduates are equipped to pursue careers in either academia or industry. A candidate for the Ph.D. program in Telecommunications Management is expected to have demonstrated research competency in order to be admitted to the program. Applicants are asked to submit with their application a sample of their research, such as a published paper or a master's thesis or other research paper for which they were the principal or sole author.
Typical Schedule for Telecommunications Management Ph.D. Students
The schedule below is an example of a schedule for a student with a Master's degree in Telecommuniactions Management or a related field. Core courses are shown in bold. (Note that this schedule will vary from year to year as a number of courses are taught every second year.)
Year | Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
First | Mgt 552 Multivariate Analysis (or alternate research methods course)
Mgt 716/726/736 or other elective | Mgt 599 Research Methods
TM765 Selected Topics in Telecom Management
MGT736 Research Seminar in Telecom or Elective |
End of 1st Year | The students status in the program is reviewed by the Telecommunications Management Ph.D. Committee |
Second | Mgt 730 Design and Analysis of Experiments
Mgt 801A Special Problems
Elective | Mgt 790 Technogenesis Seminar
Mgt 801B Special Problems
Mgt 736 Research Seminar
Elective |
End of 2nd Year | Students are eligible to take the Qualifying Examinations in Telecommunications Management |
Third | Ph D Research | Ph D Research
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By End of 3rd Year | Successful Completion of Qualifying Examinations.
Oral Defense of Dissertation Proposal* |
Fourth Year | Completion and defense of doctoral dissertation. |
Notes:
* Students must complete these requirements before a dissertation proposal can be approved.
Doctoral preliminary examination may be written or oral at the discretion of the committee chair.
Courses in bold represent the common core.
Guidance on electives should be obtained from advisor.
Students in the Telecommunications Management program select two additional courses or seminars from among the following (the course credits obtained will count towards the Mgt960 requirement):
Mgt716/726/736 Seminars: Advanced Topics in Information/Technology Management/Telecommunications management
TM 765: Selected Topics in Telecommunications Management
Qualifying Examination
This is a comprehensive examination on Telecommunications Management subjects. Students entering the program with a Masters are expected to take this examination no later than the end of the second year in the program. This examination will be prepared and scored by the Telecommunications Management doctoral committee. The qualifying examination in Telecommunications Management is designed to demonstrate your understanding and competence in areas relevant to Telecommunications Management: fundamentals of telecommunications, and quantitative methods for telecommunications; and 2 areas from the following topics: engineering economics, policy & regulation, wireless, performance analysis
Comprehensive Examination in Research Methods
A second one-day examination in research methods can be taken at any time but it is suggested that students take this exam after completing Mgt 599, Mgt 552 and Mgt 730. This examination covers basic and advanced research methods and basic and multivariate statistics. This examination must be passed before students can begin their dissertation.
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Students are required to register in each semester of their programs of study. After the first two years, they must register every semester in Management 960 Research in Management. Under exceptional circumstances, students may be allowed to take a leave of absence for a specified period. All requests for leave of absence must be in writing to the Howe School Ph.D. Director.
The function of Stevens?Office of International Student and Scholar Services is to help international students in a number of ways including advising on visa status. Contact:
International Student and Scholar Services
Stevens Institute of Technology
Howe Center, 5th Floor
Phone (201) 216-5189 Fax (201) 216-8333
Email: rlorton@stevens.edu
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The Office of Residence Life has information concerning housing opportunities. Contact:
Office of Residence Life
Stevens Institute of Technology
Howe Center
Phone: (201) 216-5128 Fax: (201) 216-8324
International graduate students who have taken at least one Developmental English class while at Stevens and who wish to continue improving their English language skills are eligible to receive a 50% discount in course tuition for an additional Developmental English course. For information contact:
International Student and Scholar Services
Stevens Institute of Technology
Howe Center, 5th Floor
Phone (201) 216-5189 Fax (201) 216-8333
Email: rlorton@stevens.edu
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A limited number of research assistantships are available for full-time Ph.D. students in the first two years of their programs. A third year of research assistant support may be available but is not guaranteed. Research assistantships are awarded on the basis of academic merit. Recipients receive a stipend and tuition remission. Research assistants are assigned to particular faculty members who will supervise their development as researchers. They are expected to work on supervised research projects for 20 hours per week during eleven months of the academic year. Continuation of the research assistantship into another year is dependent on satisfactory performance in the prior year as determined by the professors to whom the student has been assigned and the Ph.D. Committee.
All financial aid received as research assistants or through research grants is taxable under U.S. law. Please consult with a qualified tax consultant for further information.
A limited amount of money is available from the Ph.D. Program and/or the student's academic department to subsidize travel expenses related to research projects or presentation of papers at academic conferences.
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Mission: CTMR conducts research on issues related to innovation and the management of technologies in a global context. Our mission is to develop concepts and frameworks to help executives address the challenges of a rapidly changing technology-based world. Research results are disseminated through publications, books, working papers, an annual conference, and sponsor forums.
CTMR supports the Stevens Institute of Technology theme of TechnogenesisTM - the educational frontier wherein faculty, students and colleagues in industry jointly nurture the process of conception, design, and marketplace realization of new technologies.
The Center for Global Technology Management (CGTM) is the Howe School's focal point for research and educational programs in the global studies. In research, the center focuses on issues related to global innovation practices and theory. The center 's educational program includes a range of courses leading to a "global concentration" in several Howe School graduate programs. The center also plans a series of executive courses as well as student exchange programs at the undergraduate and graduate level with global corporations and international business schools.
Mission: To better understand the "Front End of Innovation" in order to increase the number, speed and success probability of highly profitable products entering development. Sponsors: BD, ETHICON, INC.(a Johnson & Johnson Company), and ExxonMobil.
Information available at www.frontendinnovation.com.
Mission: The Alliance is an industry-university partnership under the auspices of the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology. It was founded in 1991 to identify, disseminate, and facilitate the deployment of more effective practices for the development and utilization of technology. Current Alliance Sponsors, in addition to Stevens Institute, are AT&T, Bestfoods, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, ISO, Lucent Technologies, Pershing, Teknor Apex, and the US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Center. Past Sponsors have included AlliedSignal, Bellcore, Engelhard Industries, GTech, IBM, Merck, and SIAC.
Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education, E.A. Friedman
The Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE), www.ciese.org was founded in 1988 to lend Stevens?expertise integrating computers into its own curriculum to pre-college education. CIESE's mission, to help K-12 educators exploit the power of technology to improve teaching and learning in science, mathematics, and other disciplines, complements Stevens?objectives by helping students acquire the foundations necessary to excel in science, mathematics, and other subjects. Achievement in these "gateway? subjects enables students to go on to advanced study required in engineering and other technologically rich fields.
CIESE works collaboratively with teachers, school system administrators, and other educational stakeholders to provide intensive, hands-on training, support, and counsel to infuse technology in meaningful ways into the curriculum. Technology is seen as both a tool for teachers and a new mode for bringing exciting content to students. In the past, students might have read about earthquakes that happened several years ago in a textbook; today it is possible for them to log onto a Web site and see the location and intensity of earthquakes that have occurred within the last 24 hours! Bringing these real world phenomena into the classroom both motivates and engages students to learn in ways not possible with more-traditional tools.
Through partnerships with school districts, as well as colleges, universities, and other organizations and several other states, the CIESE program has trained approximately 15,000 teachers in the meaningful use of technology to improve teaching and learning, resulting in a student impact of more than a half-million children. CIESE is currently in the process of training 10,000 teachers in Cleveland, OH, Miami, FL, and Phoenix and rural Arizona through a $9.3 million U.S. Department of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant. CIESE is also implementing a three-year, $1.08 million grant, which is providing intensive professional development and follow-up support to science and mathematics teachers in the district of Newark, NJ, and other disadvantaged districts. With funding from corporate sources and district fees, CIESE is also implementing several professional development programs using Internet-based resources for science and software resources for mathematics in several districts in New York and throughout New Jersey. With funding from the Inter-American Development Bank, CIESE is leading a demonstration project in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru to demonstrate the efficacy of the use of Internet-based real time data and global telecollaborative projects in six middle schools in these countries. With support from the National Science Foundation, the Center is conducting a research program to evaluate the efficacy of real time data resources on students science achievement. CIESE recently completed two intensive programs sponsored by the AT&T Foundation and the NJ Department of Higher Education with five needy districts in New Jersey to strengthen science education through the use of Internet-based resources.
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All Graduate courses are 3 credits except where noted.
Mgt 552 Multivariate Analysis
Experimental design, statistical estimation and hypothesis testing from multivariate distribution. Topics covered will include regression models, multivariate analysis of variance, canonical correlations, classification procedures and factor analysis. Computer applications of these techniques will be examined. Prerequisite: Mgt 796.
Mgt 599 Research Methods
Research philosophy, ethics, and methodology will be discussed. Each student will, under the guidance of the instructor, formulate a problem, search the literature, and develop a research design. In addition, the student will examine and criticize research reports with special emphasis on the statement of the problem, the sampling and measuring techniques that are used, and the analyses and interpretation of the data. Emphasis is on applying research methodology to real-world organizational problems. Prerequisite: Mgt 796.
Mgt 730 Design and Analysis of Experiments
This course starts with the design and analysis of one factor analysis of variance. Methods of testing specific questions using planned comparisons are stressed. Models with two or more factors are considered with detailed instruction on the analysis of interactions. Repeated-measures designs are also covered, as well as designs with random as well as fixed factors. Prerequisite: Mgt 796.
Mgt 780 Strategic Management of Information Technology
The objective of this course is to address the important question "How to improve the alignment of business and information technology strategies?? The course is designed for advanced graduate students. It provides the student with the most current approaches to deriving business and information technology strategies, while ensuring harmony among the organizations. Topics include business strategy, business infrastructure, IT strategy, strategic alignment, methods/metrics for building strategies and achieving alignment. This course should be taken after Mgt 781. Cross-listed with NIS 632.
Mgt 781 Management of Information Technology Organizations
The objective of this course is to investigate and understand the organizational infrastructure and governance considerations for Information Technology. It concentrates on developing the students?competency in current/emerging issues in creating and coordinating the key activities necessary to manage the day-to-day IT functions of a company. Topics include: IT's key business processes, IT governance, organizational structure, value of IT, role of CIO, outsourcing, systems integration, managing emerging technologies and change, and human resource considerations. This course should be taken towards the end of the Information Systems degree program. Cross-listed with NIS 631.
Mgt 783 Enterprise Systems Management
This course focuses on the role of Information Technology (IT) in reengineering and enhancing key business processes. The implications for organizational structures and processes, as the result of increased opportunities to deploy information and streamlining business systems are, covered. Cross-listed with NIS 630.
Mgt 784 Integrating IS Technologies
This course focuses on the issues surrounding the design of an overall information technology architecture. The traditional approach in organizations is to segment the problem into four areas - network, hardware, data, and applications. This course will focus on the interdependencies among these architectures. In addition, this course will utilize management research on organizational integration and coordination science. The student will learn how to design in the large, make appropriate choices about architecture in relationship to overall organization goals, understand the different mechanisms for coordination available, and create a process for establishing and maintaining an ongoing enterprise architecture. Prerequisites: Mgt 772, Mgt 773, and Mgt 776 or their equivalents. Cross-listed with NIS 633.
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Mgt 704-705 Research Seminar: Information Management and Organizational Structure and Behavior I, II
Primarily for doctoral candidates. Will concentrate on the features that information and computer-based communication systems need to support the goals and responsibilities of various components of the organization, as well as the effect that the introduction and use of information and computer based communications systems have on the organization's performance. Will include measures of effectiveness, organization characteristics, job enrichment, distribution of responsibility, for information systems and computer-supported group work. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Mgt 716-726-736 Seminars:Advanced Topics in Information Management and Technology Management
Specialized topics at the leading edges of research and theory in information management/technology management will be intensively explored. Each research seminar will focus on a different set of topics.
Mgt 778 Principles of Information Management I
This course is open only to doctoral students in information management with the permission of the instructor. Students should normally have completed all M.S.-level core courses before they enroll. It will cover vital topics in information management that will help the student prepare to perform original research in some significant aspect of information management. The course will stress both the technical and organizational aspects of the information resource and, in particular, how these aspects interrelate. Students will be expected to do a wide range of readings, participate in seminar presentations given by Stevens and outside professional speakers, as well as prepare and present their own research projects.
Mgt 779 Principles of Information Management II
This course is open only to doctoral students in information management with the permission of the instructor. It is generally recommended for students who have completed Principles of Management I. Students should normally have completed all M.S.-level core courses before they request to enroll. The course will stress both the technical and organizational aspects of the information resource and in particular on how these aspects interrelate. Students will be expected to do a wide range of readings, participate in seminar presentations given by Stevens and outside professional speakers, as well as prepare and present their own research projects.
Mgt 790 Innovation Management and Technogenesis
This course will survey current research and theory in seven different areas related to the management of innovation. These areas include: Creativity, the Front-end of Innovation, Innovation Management, Leadership and Teamwork, Project Management, the Economics of Innovation, and CSCW & Groupware: Brainstorming & Creativity. Students will read leading-edge papers in each area and lead discussions with a faculty member who is expert in each area facilitating the discussion. Each student will write a research proposal on one of the topics covered in the course.
Mgt 801 Special Problems in Management*
*With permission of the instructor. Limit of six credits for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Mgt 960 Research in Management*
Original research leading to a doctoral dissertation. Hours and credits to be arranged.
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