Table of Contents

Introduction 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.

About the Author

Dr. R. RAY GEHANI teaches at the University of Akron and, until recently, was Chairman of the Technology Management Section of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). He has a PhD in management and a doctorate in engineering (polymers).