Management Policy and New Technology

Contents: Preface. 1. Management and technology : integration and adaptation. 2. Reaction and interaction : technology and business report of a point-to-point discussion. 3. Coping with automation. 4. Policy options in technology. 5. Organization structure and technology. 6. Technological advance in business and industry. 7. New approaches : adaptation as a management concept. 8. R & D practices : successful technological innovations. 9. Information technology application : towards cost control optimisation. 10. Transfer of technology : perspectives for 2000 A.D. Index.

"The present publication seeks to outline for the management student and professional, the challenges facing the progressive business entity in the form of the new and fast changing technological advancements that cannot be ignored if the firm is to successfully compete and grow in the present business boom. Then pointers to technology and technological innovation will be especially useful." (jacket)