Technosophy: Strategic Approaches to the Assessment and Management of Manufacturing Technology Innovation

ISBN-13: 9789048159116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 196 str.

P. Levy; Mihael Junkar

Opis

This book is the result of a unique dialogue: a workshop that took place in the heart of Slovenia brought together academics and industrial scientists, engineers and social scientists to discuss and explore the strategic implications of technology management and assessment. The wide-ranging and intense discussions explored many key issues, such as those concerning the role of academia in supporting industrial practice (and vice versa), and the emerging research agenda in the assessment and management of manufacturing technology innovation. The distilled essence of the debate is presented here as a basis for a developing wisdom of technology: a technosophy. It is only through industrial-academic and interdisciplinary research and development that such a body of wisdom can emerge.

Spis treści

Introduction. Discussion. 1. Assessing Technologies: A Scientific Perspective. 2. Assessing Technologies: An Economic-Strategic Perspective. 3. Assessing Technologies: A Practitioner's Perspective. 4. Developing Assessment into Technological Choice. 5. Overview of the Research Field: Current Opportunities for Collaboration. 6. Cases from the Field: Stories of Technology Management. 7. Open Space Conference. 8. Key Research Questions and Challenges. 9. Towards a Best Practice Agenda: Opportunities for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration. 10. Developing an Agenda for Research - Some Research Proposals. 11. Glimpses of the Technosophic Toolkit. 12. Review and Conclusions. References. Appendix: List of Participants.