Description
Book SynopsisAn accessible source of winning technology managementstrategies
In Management of Technology and Operations Ray Gehani reveals thebasic principles and best practices applied by toptechnology-driven organizations in the intensely competitive globalmarketplace. Using a model that technologists can relate to --ahigh-performance V-6 engine --he pinpoints the six sources ofcompetitive advantage that determine both short-term survival andmarket leadership over the long term. Then, with the help ofreal-life examples from leading technology-driven organizations, hedemonstrates how these global winners integrate project managementand pioneering leadership to exploit the full potential of each ofthese sources:
* Research and development
* Production automation and engineering
* Information integration
* Customer trust and market understanding
* Reliability and quality promise
* Building the best people.
For working engineers and managers in technology-dri
Table of ContentsIntroduction to Technology, Management of Technology, and GlobalCompetitiveness.
CORE COMPETENCIES OF TECHNOLOGY.
Production Operations and Automation Engineering.
Proprietary Know-How, Intellectual Property, and Research andDevelopment: The Sources of Scientific Industrial Revolution.
Product Development and Customer Trust.
SUPPORTIVE COMPETENCIES OF TECHNOLOGY.
Promise of Quality: Products, Processes, and Management.
Processing Information and Communication.
People Resource and Human Capital: Innovators, Agile Learners,Creators, Decision Makers, Change-Agents, and Entrepreneurs.
INTEGRATION AND PIONEERING OF TECHNOLOGY.
Project Management and Integration.
Pioneering Vision and Leadership.
Projected Future of Technology and Success in Society.
Index.
