Updated by the original author team, plus new author Scott
Cunningham, the book takes into account what the authors see as the
innovations to technology management in the last 17 years: the
Internet; the greater focus on group decision-making including process
management and mechanism design; and desktop software that has
transformed the analytical capabilities of technology
managers. Included in this book will be 5 case studies from various
industries that show how technology management is applied in the real world.
ALAN THOMAS ROPER
(retired) was a professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in
Terre Haute, Indiana. He is the past editor of the journal Impact
Assessment and Project Appraisal and the past director of the Center for
Technology and Policy Studies at Rose-Hulman.
SCOTT W. CUNNINGHAM obtained a MSc in public policy from the
Georgia Institute of Technology and a DPhil in science, technology,
and innovation policy from the University of Sussex. He is currently
Assistant Professor of Policy Analysis in the Department of
Technology, Policy, and Management at Delft University of Technology.
ALAN L. PORTER has led development of "technology
opportunity analysis" and mining electronic, bibliographic data
sources to generate intelligence on emerging technologies. He holds an
MA in psychology and a PhD in engineering psychology, both from UCLA.
He is currently Director of Research and Development for Search
Technology, Inc., in Norcross, Georgia.
THOMAS W. MASON was the founding head of the Engineering
Management Department (www. rose-hulman. edu/msem). While on a
three-year leave from Rose-Hulman, he served as CFO and CEO of a
140-person network management systems business.
FREDERICK A. ROSSINI (retired) is a former provost at George
Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
JERRY BANKS is Professor Emeritus, Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta,
Georgia.
