26th International Association for Management of Technology Conference - IAMOT 2017

In this paper we analyze the proposal of a Master degree offered by a network of five National Universities belonging to the CODINOA Network (Council of Engineering Deans of the NOA), regarding the subject of Management of Technology And innovation (MOT). The Industrial tissue of the region is composed mainly by SMEs. According to the bibliography, under these conditions, important shortcomings in the Technological Management can be seen; a deficient use of the computer technologies, both for the management as for the design and the production are highlighted. Relating to the academic offer of National Universities, in the targeted region, there are no universities degrees or postgraduate courses related to the subject. Regarding the area of computer science, the academic offer is oriented towards software development, although with little transfer to the industrial environment. These shortcomings undermine the competitiveness of companies and the consequent development of the region. Through the financing of the Strategic Program of Training of Human Resources in Research and Development (PERHID) promoted by the National Interuniversity Council (CIN) of Argentina, the proposal for the postgraduate course is elaborated. Through expert panel methodologies and brainstorming, national and international experts hired by the program, together with the stakeholders of the 5 universities, define the career objectives, the profile of graduates and the curriculum. The guidelines of the "Template for graduate programs in Management of Technology" are considered in the proposal in view of a future application in the accreditation of the program. The result seeks to guide the Management of Technology and Innovation to its application in the local industrial SMEs, prioritizing the formulation, evaluation and management of technological innovation projects. The curriculum seeks to transfer knowledge that promotes competitiveness, through the management of Complex Systems and the inclusion of Systems Engineering in the dynamics of management. Based on the generalities of this type of postgraduate program, the creation of the career in the CODINOA network has been aimed at particularizing the contents in order to orient them to the regional problems highlighted in the NOA. As a result, a proposal for a master's degree program is obtained, which is expected to cover the region's academic offer while failing to collaborate with regional development and business competitiveness through the insertion of its graduates to Managerial levels in the productive tissue. The present work reveals the associative dynamics of the Universities, which combine their efforts in order to overcome restrictions and their particular vacancies. For the postgraduate courses in Technology Management, networking with other institutions is essential, especially those that allow an efficient transfer of knowledge in the thematic to the productive tissue. This work contributes to enhance the knowledge value chain in the NOA region, by the insertion of graduates in local industries.