Management of Technology


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- vorgestellt werden die modernsten Managementkonzepte, Hilfsmittel und Methoden, die auch in technologieintensiven Unternehmensbereichen einwandfrei funktionieren - Schwerpunkte liegen auf Prozeßintegration, Managementwerkzeugen und Personalentwicklung




Business Strategies for Information Technology Management


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"This business guide presents theoretical and empirical research on the business value of information technology (IT) and introduces strategic opportunities for using IT management to increase organizational performance. Implementation management is addressed with attention to customer relationship outsourcing, decision support systems, and information systems strategic planning. Domestic, international, and multinational business contexts are covered."




Best Practices in Business Technology Management


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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.




Introduction to Business


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Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond. This is an adaptation of Introduction to Business by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.




Handbook of Research on Engineering Innovations and Technology Management in Organizations


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As technology weaves itself more tightly into everyday life, socio-economic development has become intricately tied to these ever-evolving innovations. Technology management is now an integral element of sound business practices, and this revolution has opened up many opportunities for global communication. However, such swift change warrants greater research that can foresee and possibly prevent future complications within and between organizations. The Handbook of Research on Engineering Innovations and Technology Management in Organizations is a collection of innovative research that explores global concerns in the applications of technology to business and the explosive growth that resulted. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as cyber security, legal practice, and artificial intelligence, this book is ideally designed for engineers, manufacturers, technology managers, technology developers, IT specialists, productivity consultants, executives, lawyers, programmers, managers, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.




Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations


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Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations: Issues, Trends, Opportunities and Solutions presents a collection of the most recent contributions in the areas of organization, knowledge, and technology management in the context of virtual enterprises. This book contains important and in-depth information on four dimensions: semantic, managerial, technological, and social. The semantic dimensions covered in this book are ontological and organizational approaches, concepts, organizational models, and knowledge management models. In respect to managerial dimensions, this book covers process management, integration management, relationship management, process integration, knowledge management, technology integration management, and information integration. Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations: Issues, Trends, Opportunities and Solutions presents the technological dimension by explaining the infrastructures and technologies to support technology and information integration standards and protocols. Lastly, this title highlights the social dimension, including human resources management, human resources integration, social issues, social impact, social requirements, and communities of knowledge.




Information Technology Management: A Business Plan Enabler: Book 1: Principles


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This book demonstrates how the IT complex can be viewed & managed as any other company business unit which contributes to the company's "bottom-line." The view is based upon an IT management model that is business plan-driven; comprehensive of IT's management & technical functions; and inclusive of both IT & business unit responsibilities.




Technology, Management and Society


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In this volume Drucker has collected twelve essays on technology and management and their relationship to, and interaction with, human society. In these essays the reader is able to grasp and savour some of the essential ideas and philosophy that have been expanded into Drucker's various books. In this volume Drucker has collected twelve essays on technology and management and their relationship to, and interaction with, human society. In these essays the reader is able to grasp and savour some of the essential ideas and philosophy that have been expanded into Drucker's various books.




The Future of Technology Management and the Business Environment


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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. ANTICIPATE AND SHAPE TECHNOLOGICAL DISRUPTION...INSTEAD OF BEING VICTIMIZED BY IT Gain powerful insights for crafting strategy in technology-rich industries, from IT to finance, and healthcare to energy Understand the massive social impacts of technology, and how today’s societal divisions shape your opportunities to innovate For everyone who must manage new technologies and respond to technological disruption From biotech to nanotech to big data, the pace of technological disruption continues to accelerate. Now, leading business strategy expert Alfred Marcus offers powerful tools for anticipating technological change, and managing the threats and opportunities it poses. Marcus illuminates the ongoing interplay between technological change and wider societal trends, helping you recognize new opportunities created by these interactions, and maximize the upside–both for your company and the broader society. Whether you’re an executive or strategist, technical professional or MBA student, this guide will sharpen your focus on the future so you can navigate radical technological-driven change–wherever it leads. Emerging technologies offer immense promise for generating growth, profitability, and prosperity. But they face major obstacles to commercialization, and have environmental and social costs that must be carefully managed to maximize the benefit and mitigate the harm. This book is about the foresight and strategic actions required for these new technologies to play a positive rather than negative role. Alfred Marcus illuminates their potential, reviews the risky decisions needed to transform potential into reality, and discusses how technologies might be used to ameliorate social problems rather than exacerbate them. Whether you’re an executive, manager, or student, you’ll gain powerful insights into innovation, strategy, execution, technology management, and the fastchanging business environment in which technological change takes place.




Handbook of Technology Management


Book Description

Gives you an enterprise-wide view of technology to help you manage your business as a system: optimize investments in technology; achieve efficient business integration; and monitor and measure TM effectiveness. Detailed case studies illustrate the TM efforts of such organizations as Motorola and Digital Equipment.