Ernest Braun

Technology in Context (eBook, PDF)

Technology Assessment for Managers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Technology in Context is a comprehensive and accessible analysis of technology assessment which defines and describes its role in the strategic management of firms. Subjects covered include:
* the fundamental concepts required for the management of technology
* the gathering of information in a firm to support strategic decisions on technology
* technology assessment in the United States Congress
* the wider social implications of technology
* problems associated with technology, from the danger of environmental degradation to employment and skills.
Technology in Context is a complete introduction to the theory and methods of technology assessment as a tool of strategic management. It will be a useful book for all those interested in the management and social role of technology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134671489
• Artikelnr.: 42710935

Autorenporträt

Ernest Braun is Emeritus Professor and former Head of the Technology Policy Unit, Aston University, UK. He has also held the posts of Head of the Technology Assessment Unit, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, and Visiting Professor, Centre for Technology Strategy, Open University. His books include Futile Progress (1995) and Wayward Technology (1986).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Technology and Technological Innovation 2. Principles of Technology
Assessment 3. Strategic Management of Technology 4. Contemporary Problems
of Technology 5. Methods useful in Technological Assessment 6. Some
Applications of Technology Assessment