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MGMT 8143

Technological Innovation and Disruption · 1 instructor on record · 8 sections

What the course score is made of

76BC evaluations8 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2022 – Summer 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

11thMore challenging than 11% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

81BC — “Intellectually Challenging”8 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”8 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

To be competitive organizations need to drive innovation in their products and services. Organizations need to innovate rapidly and in some cases this involves reinventing the enterprise to compete in disruptive business environments. The course on Technological Innovation looks closely at the company value chain and where technology can be leveraged as a source of innovation. Company vision sets the context for the type of innovation necessary to achieve sustainable competitive growth. During the course we examine the process of building innovative capability across the company value chain, developing and implementing an innovation plan and creating the capacity for sustained innovation as a competitor or disruptor.

The only instructor on record

8 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
John MacdonaldManagement and Organization	808 records	78th	11th

There is no ranking to read here: John Macdonald is the only instructor with evaluation records for MGMT 8143, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by John Macdonald

1 other class

Class	Instructors	Course score
MGMT 7710Strategic Management	523 records	83

Other MGMT classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
MGMT 1021Organizational Behavior	1289 records	80
MGMT 3099Strategic Management	872 records	84
MGMT 2127Leadership	935 records	86
MGMT 7710Strategic Management	523 records	83
MGMT 2170Entrepreneurial Management	120 records	89
MGMT 2137Managing Diversity	218 records	83

The line

All 13 items · means across 8 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

8511th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

8818th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

8410th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

859th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8625th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8623rd pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8719th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8518th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9362nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8418th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8111th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

798th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

8 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
John Macdonald	Summer 2025	01	85	78	60
John Macdonald	Summer 2025	02	70	72	60
John Macdonald	Summer 2024	01	79	70	—
John Macdonald	Summer 2024	02	84	81	60
John Macdonald	Summer 2023	01	78	76	—
John Macdonald	Summer 2023	02	82	76	—
John Macdonald	Summer 2022	01	82	78	60
John Macdonald	Summer 2022	02	76	74	60

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.