Improving the Manager's Ability to Identify Alternative Technologies.

Abstract

Planning is a principle function of management. A vital component of this planning process is the identification by management of alternative technologies. This paper addresses the task of improving the manager's ability to identify alternative technologies appropriate to the strategy, structure and process of the manager's organization. An analysis of the technology transfer milieu of the Federal Government is integrated with a conceptual model of the technology transfer process. This integration provides some real world examples of the subtle and complex factors which define the technology transfer process. A brief description of the manner in which these transfer factors could be conceptually utilized to characterize the organizational typology of an organization and act as inputs to a computer-assisted Decision Support System (DSS) is given. The information provided herein clearly indicates the organizational factors which a manager can manipulate to improve the identification of alternative technologies. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA084415

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  • Wayne Joseph Newton

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Biomedical
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