Business module, compulsory for students on MSc of Telecommunications with Business

This module examines the environment in which ICT and telecommunications...

Strategy, Marketing and Product Management (ELEC0044)

Business module, compulsory for students on MSc of Telecommunications with Business

This module examines the environment in which ICT and telecommunications businesses operate and develops an understanding of strategic and business planning.

The syllabus covers:

Macro Economic Models and analysis (We explore some generic models of Global and UK economies; the dynamics of economic change and the relevance to ICT and telecommunications.);
 Strategy and the business Environment (A look at Business tools for strategy development and business planning; we explore current strategic issues and their impact on the corporate strategies of network and ICT operators.);
 Principles of Marketing and Product Management (The generic principles of marketing, including marketing intelligence, segmentation and targeting. Product and portfolio management, pricing, competition analysis and competitive positioning
 ICT Services, today and tomorrow (An examination of today’s services (e.g.Internet, e-commerce and entertainment. A review of the main strategic, economic and competitive issues confronting the global communications industry)

This module addresses one of the most challenging issues facing all societies - the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the increasing deployment of Artificial...

Artificial Intelligence, Work and Learning (EDPS0225)

This module addresses one of the most challenging issues facing all societies - the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the increasing deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in all sectors of economic, political and social life: issues that are, at present, not addressed in any other module offered within the Institute. The overarching aims of this module are to:

explore the Work-AI-Learning nexus at a conceptual level;
	address the changing relationship between work, technology and skill as a result of the increasing deployment of AI in workplaces and societies at a practical level;
	consider the implications of the above changes for learning in different contexts.
The module has been designed to taken by anyone, irrespective of the MA on which they are enrolled

Participants will be able to:

understand key terminology in discussions about work and technology, such as Fordism, Post Fordism, and technological determinism and shaping.
	understand the importance of developing a historical perspective on the technological change and its implications for work.
	appraise critically the relationship between technological change and its implications for skill and learning in the contexts of education and work.