Management of Technology: Managing Effectively in Technology-Intensive Organizations

For students and managers in technologically-oriented environments, Thamhain (management, Bentley College) examines the issues involved in managing technology in an increasingly electronic world, and how to administrate organizations, concurrent engineering and integrated product development, organizational management, control, and evaluation. He describes managing technology teams, R&D and innovation, environmental quality, risks, developing new business, and consulting. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the Author

HANS J. THAMHAIN, PHD, is Professor of Management and Director of the Technology and Project Management Programs at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. His industrial experience includes twenty years in high-technology management positions at GTE/Verizon, General Electric, Westinghouse, and ITT. Well known for his research on project team leadership, he is the author of more than seventy research papers and five professional reference books on project and technology management. In 2000, he received the IEEE Engineering Management Society's Engineering Manager of the Year Award.