Global Management of Innovation and Technology LUT University

Overview

In recent times, we have faced a number of global crises, including climate change, the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, war in Europe, and the energy crisis. These crises have challenged organisations to renew their activities, seek novel solutions and think outside the box in their business ecosystems.

In such circumstances, the management of innovation and new technologies is more important than ever. We have already seen impressive results when organisations have made joint efforts to develop new vaccines, touchless solutions, or services for food delivery.

The Global Management of Innovation and Technology programme from  LUT University   diverse study methods and work in international teams will enable you to cooperate and solve complex situations in today's business ecosystems.

During your studies, you will acquire:

• professional skills: you will be able to understand and analyse the impact of global megatrends on innovation management in organisations and evaluate, critically analyse and create strategies in an international context relating to products, services and technologies;

• competence to make rational decisions based on an understanding of decision-making strategies, frameworks, tools and data analysis methods in global networks and markets. You will be able to analyse processes and structures of organisations and identify their interconnected development issues;

Career prospects

After graduation, you will have interesting and challenging career prospects.

Global supplier–customer relationships and business networks give talented young professionals various opportunities in the fields of management of innovations and technologies, industrial sales and marketing, operations management, and technology analysis and sourcing.

Graduates from this programme have found jobs as project managers, export managers, key account managers, supply managers, controllers, analysts, business application specialists, operative purchasers, technology innovation managers, etc.

You will also have a firm basis for doctoral studies in the field of industrial engineering and management.