Technology Management: Applications for Corporate Markets and Military Missions

by George K. Chacko

Overview

This book examines the management of high technology from the dual perspectives of the commercial markets and military national-interest missions. The author's thesis is that the successful management of technology has as much to do with the survival of the country as the success and survival of any particular corporation or industry. He studies thirty real-life applications of technology management and, using these examples, develops strategies for success both in commercial and governmental areas. His examples are evenly divivded between military, space and communications missions, and hi-tech products and services markets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275929411
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/17/1988
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

GEORGE K. CHACKO is Professor of Systems Science at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and Director of the Doctoral Program in Technology Management at National Chengchi University in Taipei. A Member of the World Future Society and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Astronautical Society, Dr. Chacko is the author of some 35 books, including Dynamic Program Management (Praeger, 1989).

Table of Contents

Invention vs. Innovation—The Continuing Conflict
The Twin Imperatives of Techonlogy Management
Country-Corporate Conflict on R&D Resources Commitment
Innovation versus Improvement—Concomitant Coalitions (CONCOLs)
Chips to Ceramics: Mutual Slaughter or Joint Survival?
Decision-Making For Inventions and Innovations
Decision to Dare: The Foundation of Innovation CONCOLs
Decision to Dare: Successes in Missions (Public Scector) and Markets (Private Sector)
Decision to Dare: Failures in a Mission (Public Sector) and Markets (Private Sector)
Forecasting Inventions and Innovations
Technology Requirements and Feasibility Forecasts
MESGRO Forecasting for Technology and Territory
Bargaining Between Inventions and Innovations
CONCOL Bargaining: Missions Context of Markets
CONCOL Bargaining: Intranational R&D Investment, International Technology Transfer
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Fifteen applications of "concomitant coalition" (CONCOL), an approach incorporating competitive cooperation, recognizing that the participants in an activity can work with and against one another. The thesis is that CONCOL offers a viable concept of technology management to promote survival both of markets and of mankind. Suitable for a one- or two-semester graduate or advanced undergraduate course in schools of business, systems, and technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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