Managing Technology and Innovation

Managing Technology and Innovation

Author: Robert Verburg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-06-19

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1134231954

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Modern technology and innovation are vital to the success of all companies, be they hi-tech firms or companies seemingly unaffected by technology and innovation; whether established firms or business start-ups. This book focuses on understanding technology as a corporate resource, covering product development, design of systems and the managerial aspects of new and high technology. Topics investigated include: the internal organization of high technology firms the management of technology in society managing innovation dilemmas and strategies. The wide-ranging experience of the teachers and experts contributing to this book has resulted in an integrated, multi-disciplinary, textbook that provides an introductory overview to managing technology and innovation in the twenty-first century. This text is essential reading for students of business and engineering concerned with technology and innovation management.


Smart Technologies for Organizations

Smart Technologies for Organizations

Author: Cinzia Dal Zotto

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-04-15

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 3031247752

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This book contains high-profile contributions that emerged from the Information and Communication Technologies in Organizations and Society (ICTO) conference on "Smart Technologies for an Inclusive World," held in 2020. It focuses on the interplay between technology adoption, digital transformation, and value creation, highlighting various aspects of current issues organizations face in adopting digital technologies to achieve an inclusive and sustainable society in the long term. As such, the book contributes to our understanding of a humanistic approach to managing digital transformation toward inclusive organizations and societies and is a valuable asset for both researchers and managers of organizations.


Best Practices in Business Technology Management

Best Practices in Business Technology Management

Author: Stephen J. Andriole

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-09-26

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1420063340

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Discussing specific best practices for making specific decisions, this book offers qualitative and quantitative methods, tools, and techniques for deploying and supporting all kinds of information technology. It identifies the range of technology decisions that managers make and the best practices that define good acquisition, deployment, and support decisions, all in an easy to absorb, conversational tone. The book covers the interrelated business technology alignment areas of business strategy as well as technology applications, architecture, infrastructure, support, acquisition, and organization. Each section ends with a summary of actionable best practices.


Digital Technology and Organizational Change

Digital Technology and Organizational Change

Author: Cecilia Rossignoli

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 3319620517

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This book includes a selection of the best research papers presented at the annual conference of the Italian chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), which took place in Verona, Italy in October 2016. Tracing various aspects of the ongoing phenomenon of evolution towards a global society, and consequently the ever-innovating digital world, it first discusses emerging technologies and the new practices in the information-systems world. It then examines the new businesses and ongoing business transformations. Lastly, it considers the economic and societal changes brought about by access to and exploitation of socio-technical networks. The plurality of views offered makes the book particularly relevant for users, companies, scientists and governments.


Technology, Organizations and Innovation: Towards 'real virtuality'?

Technology, Organizations and Innovation: Towards 'real virtuality'?

Author: Ian McLoughlin

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780415203982

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An authoritative collection of leading critical and contemporary writings published in the field of technology and organizations. The set spans a 50-year time period taking the reader from the first and most influential papers from the early 1950s through to some recent publications which address contemporary and emerging debates in the field at the dawn of the 21st century. Each of the 4 volumes has a particular focus upon this area of research and scholarship: the early debates; theories, paradigms and concepts; critical empirical studies; and emerging themes and future debates. The editors provide an introduction to, and overview of, the themes, debates, perspectives, theories and paradigms which characterize this area of organization studies, and set out a "route map" to help guide the reader through the four volumes.


Management of Technology

Management of Technology

Author: Hans J. Thamhain

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2005-05-25

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0471415510

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* Presents assessment methods for organization and management processes. * Provides special tools and techniques for managing and organizing R&D, new product, and project-oriented challenges. * Includes real-world case studies.


Managing Complexity in High Technology Organizations

Managing Complexity in High Technology Organizations

Author: Mary Ann Young Von Glinow

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13:

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High technology--which accounts for a rapidly growing section of the global workforce--presents a different set of management problems than have usually been encountered by traditional industry. In this book, Von Glinow, Mohrman, and their expert contributors discuss the reasons for this difference and define new organizational forms for global high technology management. Propounding a revolutionary approach to high technology management issues, they explore management teams, high velocity environments, and high technology marketing, as well as human resource considerations, including team interdependence, compensation, and culture clash.


Managing Technology in the Decentralized Firm

Managing Technology in the Decentralized Firm

Author: Albert Harold Rubenstein

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13:

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How to further your company's technology programme is the problem addressed in this book. The author provides sound advice on decision-making and policy-formulation to help your company bring the fruit of its research and development programs to production. Technology has traditionally advanced faster than our ability to manage it. This book, based on studies of over 200 decentralized firms over a period of 30 years, addresses crucial aspects of the R & D and innovation process, and suggests how to make them pay off. It includes a watch list for monitoring technology in the firm to see where problems are occurring and where improvements may be made.