This course offers a comprehensive approach to understanding the opportunities and challenges involved in developing and executing strategies. It adopts a "systems" perspective, which means that it examines various aspects of how managers address their environments, strategies, structures, cultures, tasks, people, and outputs. The course also explores how managerial decisions made in these different areas are interconnected and impact one another.

Professor — Jae-Yun Ho, Daechang Lee

Prerequisite — None

Semester — Both

This course covers essential skills to secure investment for their ventures. It covers topics such as understanding financial statements, analyzing business feasibility of startup ideas, and effectively presenting innovative ideas and business plans. The course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and competencies to attract investment for their entrepreneurial endeavors.

Professor — Joosung Lee

Prerequisite —  None

Semester — Fall Semester

This course is a study of strategic marketing concepts and techniques for crafting and executing appropriate marketing strategies. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to a comprehensive introduction to strategic marketing principles and conducts and prepare them to be marketing strategy acumen. 

Professor — Juyeon Song

Prerequisite — Introduction to Management [CTM1001]

Semester — Fall Semester

This course provides students with variety of basic techniques in understanding and interpreting data. This course further helps students to develop skills in analyzing scenarios and problems in commerce and industry by applying statistics methods.

Professor — Daechang Lee

Prerequisite — None

Semester — Spring Semester

This course aims to give students a deep understanding of human resource management (HRM) principles and their application within technology-driven businesses. It explores various HRM aspects in the context of the tech industry, such as talent acquisition, employee development, and HR strategies for innovation-driven organizations.

Professor — Daechang Lee

Prerequisite — None

Semester — Spring Semester

This course explores how technological innovations and evolving organizational models enable new business environments and competitive advantages in global markets. It provides a comprehensive introduction to management information systems (MIS) principles, equipping students with a managerial perspective on the use of ISs in organizations to achieve corporate objectives. The course aims to not only introduce MIS concepts and skills but also encourage students to apply them in practice. By the end of the class, students will be equipped with IT management competence for their future careers.

Professor — Joosung Lee

Prerequisite — Introduction to Management [CTM1001]

Semester — Both

This advanced course explores the digital economy and formulation of digital business strategies. It aims to understand human-company dynamics in digital markets, design and regulation of digital markets, and leveraging digital resources for strategic value creation. Using a combination of theory and empirics, the course covers topics like network effects, two-sided markets, search, reputation systems, and data utilization. It also examines specific digital markets such as search engines, e-commerce, and media.

Professor — Daechang Lee

Prerequisite — Introductory courses of Economics or Management

Semester — Fall Semester

This course will help students understand how creative technologies are brought to a real market. It focuses on core topics in innovation supposing a business environment. The course will further introduce how different technological firms innovate on the adoption of advanced and emerging technologies.

Professor — Jae-Yun Ho

Prerequisite — Introduction to Management [CTM1001], IT Foundation [CTM1002], Information Systems Management [CTM 2002] (Preferred) 

Semester — Both

This course introduces a variety of tools and techniques that can be used to manage technology and innovation strategically. The course will cover the fundamental concepts of these tools through lectures and case studies. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to develop practical skills and techniques by actively engaging in hands-on, interactive activities that involve the use of the tools.

Professor — Jae-Yun Ho

Prerequisite — Technovation: Technology and Innovation Management [CTM3015]

Semester — Fall Semester

This course guides students through developing innovative product or service prototypes. Working in teams of 4-5, students go through a four-stage design process: discover, define, develop, and deliver. Teams generate new ideas demonstrating technical feasibility, market competitiveness, and quality design. They receive guidance from instructors and industry coaches, make periodic presentations, and collaborate on a business plan. Specialized workshops support the teams' efforts. At the semester's end, teams present their designs to a jury.

Professor — Jae-Yun Ho, Keeheon Lee

Prerequisite —  None

Semester — Spring Semester

This course offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamental elements of IT, including computer hardware, software, data structures, algorithms, databases and SQL, computer networks, programming, graphics, human-computer interaction, AI, and performance measurement. By gaining a solid understanding of these IT components, students will have the opportunity to explore the field of computer-supported cooperative work. The course lies at the intersection of computer science, industrial engineering, and business.

Professor — Sehwan Yoo, Keeheon Lee

Prerequisite — Computer Programming and Literacy [CTM1004]

Semester — Both

This course offers an in-depth exploration of social network analysis (SNA), a methodological framework that leverages network and graph theories to examine social structures. Through interactive discussions, group projects, and practical exercises, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts, techniques, and real-world applications of SNA across diverse fields.

Professor — Keeheon Lee

Prerequisite — Computer Programming and Literacy [CTM1004], Movie “The Social Network”

Semester — Fall Semester

This course provides students with opportunities to analyze data using Python and methods in data science that can be applied to solve business problems based on evidence.

Professor — Keeheon Lee

Prerequisite — None

Semester — Spring Semester

This course provides an in-depth study of the core concepts of network science, with a particular emphasis on their applications in the creative industry. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles of network science, as well as the techniques of machine learning with graphs. This knowledge will enable them to analyze, model, and extract valuable insights from the intricate networks within creative contexts.

Professor — Keeheon Lee

Prerequisite —

Semester — Fall Semester

This course introduces OR/MS tools that help CTM students make a better decision. It covers linear programming, network analysis, integer programming, nonlinear optimization, decision analysis, heuristics and meta-heuristics. 

Professor — Young Hoon Lee

Prerequisite — IT Foundation [CTM1002], Computer Programming and Literacy [CTM1004]

Semester — Spring Semester