Technology Management: Activities and Tools

ISBN-13: 9781137431851 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str.

Dilek Cetindamar; Rob Phaal; David Probert

Opis

Technology Management takes a practical approach to developing operational efficiency and productivity. This accessible text provides a wealth of examples, tools and activities designed to increase the dynamic capability of an organization.

Recenzje

'This text provides a contemporary insight into a systems approach to understanding and resolving the many challenges facing engineering and technology managers today. In the continually changing face of new and often disruptive technology, it is refreshing to find a clearly defined yet flexible framework for thinking through and clarifying the core parameters affecting the technology management decision making process.' - Allan McLay, RMIT University, Australia

'This book is a perfect combination of breadth and depth. It enables students to embed the typical technology management activities in a comprehensive framework and gives you concrete tools to actually execute technology management.' - Holger Schiele, University of Twente, the Netherlands

'This book provides insights into the range of important topics, practical tools and techniques for decision making concerned with technology development processes. It is ideal for business and engineering students - as well as practitioners and managers - due to its clear emphasis on practical relevance and well prepared case examples.' - Frank Tietze, University of Cambridge, UK

Spis treści

1. Introduction: a framework for understanding TM activities and tools.- PART I: TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.- 2. Acquisition.- 3. Exploitation.- 4. Identification.- 5. Learning.- 6. Protection.- 7. Selection.- PART II: TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT TOOLS.- 8. Patent Analysis.- 9. Portfolio Management.- 10. Roadmapping.- 11. S-Curve.- 12. Stage-gate.- 13. Value Analysis/Value Innovation.- 14. Conclusion: Managing Technology and the Challenges Ahead Linking TM Activities with TM tools.

O autorze

Dilek Cetindamar is Professor in the Faculty of Management at Sabanci University, Turkey, where she is Academic Director of the Entrepreneurship Development Program and Director of the Competitiveness Forum.
 
Robert Phaal joined the Centre for Technology Management at Cambridge University in 1997, where he conducts research in the area of strategic technology management, including roadmapping and the emergence of technology based industry.
 
David Probert pursued a career in industry for 18 years, prior to returning to Cambridge in 1991. He is a founding member and Head of the Centre for Technology Management within the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Blurb

The Technology Management (TM) discipline has a history of more than 50 years. It is inherently interdisciplinary and multifunctional, and when managed correctly it can deliver a decisive competitive advantage.

Technology Management focuses on the micro-level analysis of TM as a dynamic capability. This fully updated second edition systematically addresses the major tools and techniques needed for a business to successfully conduct their TM activities. There is no single best way to manage technology in a company and there is no mechanistic route to success, but this accessible handbook provides a wealth of international examples, up-to-date case studies and activities designed to increase the dynamic capability of an organisation.

Technology Management is the perfect companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students on a variety of Business, Management and Engineering degree courses.