Financial Technology MSc
Digital Technology and Strategic Management MGT5399
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: Adam Smith Business School
- Credits: 10
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 1
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course focuses on the interaction among information technology, business strategy and management practices and provides analytical foundations for further study of digital business, strategy and management.
Timetable
Course is delivered over 4 weeks, comprising of 16 hours of lectures and 8 hours of tutorials/workshops.
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
1. Project output; Group; 25%; ILOs 1-2.
2. Written assignment, including Essay; Individual; 1300 words; 75%; ILOs 3-4.
Main Assessment In: December
Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? No
It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.
[No exceptions]
Course Aims
The overall aim of the course is to give students a basic understanding on how information technology affects business strategy and management practices in a wide range of organisations. The course opens with a broad overview of information technology and management, including the concepts of platforms/standards, internet of things (IoT), blockchains, search algorithms, recommender systems, technology roadmapping, which are essential to understand modern digital businesses.
By focusing on the analytical layers of technology, management and strategy, the course also aims to offer analytical foundation for further study of technology management and strategy. The emphasis throughout is on critical thinking and an analytical approach to strategy and management issues revolving around information technology.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
1. use frameworks to collaboratively discuss the future direction of digital technology and create a strategic plan as a team
2. reflect on the team project experience
3. explain the concepts of digital technology and how they function in business cases
4. analyse the impacts of digital technology and articulate its opportunities and challenges within the context of business strategy