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Technology Management

The document outlines the syllabus for a Technology Management course taught over one year and two semesters. The course is divided into 5 units that cover topics such as the evolution and effects of new technology, technology innovation and diffusion, technology assessment and forecasting, the diffusion and organizational implications of technology, financial and social aspects of technology management, and the human aspects and transfer of technology. Students will discuss relevant case studies for each unit and a compulsory case study exam will be included from any unit. Recommended textbooks are also provided.

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Technology Management

The document outlines the syllabus for a Technology Management course taught over one year and two semesters. The course is divided into 5 units that cover topics such as the evolution and effects of new technology, technology innovation and diffusion, technology assessment and forecasting, the diffusion and organizational implications of technology, financial and social aspects of technology management, and the human aspects and transfer of technology. Students will discuss relevant case studies for each unit and a compulsory case study exam will be included from any unit. Recommended textbooks are also provided.

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TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

Lecture : 4 Hours/Week Internal Marks : 30


Year/Semester : I/II External Marks : 70
Credits :4 Subject Code: 19MB2T06

UNIT-I

Introduction - Evolution of Technology-Effects of New Technology- Technology


Innovation- Invention-Innovation- Diffusion- Revolutionary and Evolutionary
Innovation- Product and Process Innovation- Strategic Implications of Technology-
Technology - Strategy Alliance- -Convergent and Divergent Cycle- The Balanced
Approach.

UNIT-II
Technology Assessment- Technology Choice- Technological Leadership and
Followership- Technology Acquisition- Technological Forecasting- Exploratory, Intuitive,
Extrapolation, Growth Curves, Technology Monitoring- Normative: Relevance Tree,
Morphological Analysis, Mission Flow Diagram.
UNIT-III
Diffusion of Technology- Rate of Diffusion; Innovation Time and Innovation Cost-
Speed of Diffusion- Technology Indicators- Various Indicators- Organizational Implications
of Technology- Relationship between Technical Structure and Organizational Infrastructure-
Flexible Manufacturing Management System (FMMS)
UNIT-IV
Financial Aspects in Technology Management- Improving Traditional Cost -Management
System- Barriers to the Evaluation of New Technology- Social Issues in Technology
Management- Technological Change and Industrial Relations- Technology Assessment and
Environmental Impact Analysis.
UNIT-V

Human Aspects in Technology Management- Integration of People and Technology-


Organizational and Psychological Factors- Organizational Outcome- Technology Transfer-
Technology Management Scenario in India.

Relevant cases have to be discussed in each unit and in examination case is compulsory
from any unit.

1. Sharif Nawaz: Management of Technology Transfer & Development, APCFT, Bangalore,


1983.
2. Rohtagi P K, Rohtagi K and Bowonder B: Technological Forecasting, Tata McGraw Hill,
New Delhi.
3. Betz Fredrick: Managing Technology, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
4. Gaynor: Handbook of Technology Management, McGraw Hill.
5. Tarek Khalil: Management of Technology, McGraw Hill International, 2000

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