CIM332 Technology Management Syllabus:
CIM332 Technology Management Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
• To understand the basic concepts of technology management
• To learn the knowledge of technology forecasting
• To analayse the evalution of technology
• To apply the concepts of technology transfer and acquistion
• To understand the concepts of technology absorption and innovation
UNIT I TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Scope, components, and overview. Technology and environment, Technology and society, Technology Impact analysis, environmental, social, legal, political aspects, techniques for analysis – steps involved. Technology policy strategy: Science and technology Policy of India, implications to industry
UNIT II TECHNOLOGY FORECASTING
Need, methodology and methods – Trend Analysis, Analogy, Delphi, SoftSystem Methodology, Mathematical Models, Simulation, and System Dynamics.
UNIT III TECHNOLOGY CHOICE AND EVALUATION
Methods of analysing alternate technologies, Techno-economicfeasibility studies, Need for multi-criteria considerations such as, social, environmental, and political, Analytic hierarchy method, Fuzzy multi-criteria decision making, and other methods.
UNIT IV TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND ACQUISITION
Import regulations, Implications of agreements like UruguayRound and WTO, Bargaining process, Transfer option, MOU- Technology Adoption and Productivity , Adopting technology-human interactions, Organisational redesign and re-engineering, Technology productivity.
UNIT V TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND INNOVATION
Present status in India, Need for new outlook, Absorptionstrategies for acquired technology, creating new/improved technologies, Innovations. Technology, Measurement- Technology Audit.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
• CO1: Understanding the basic concepts of technology management
• CO2: Learning the knowledge of technology forecasting
• CO3: Analaysing the evalution of technology
• CO4: Applying the concepts of technology transfer and acquistion
• CO5: Understanding the concepts of technology absorption and innovation
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Joseph M. Putti, “Management – A Functional Approach”, McGraw Hill, 1997
2. Kenneth C. Lauden, “MIS: Organisation and Technology”, Prentice Hall, 1995
REFERENCES:
1. James A.Senn, “Information technology in Business”, Prentice Hall, 1995
2. Ronald J. Jordan, “Security analysis and Portfolio Management”, Prentice Hall, 1995
3. Irvin M. Rubin, “Organisational behavior an experimental approach”, Prentice Hall, 1995
4. Gerard H. Gaynor, “Handbook of Technology Management”, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1996
5. Richard C. Dorf, “Technology Management Handbook”, CRC,1999