The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation: A Collection of Readings

Book Overview

Organizations competing in today's rapidly changing technological markets are faced with the challenges of "dualism"--operating efficiently in the present while innovating effectively for the future. Managers and leaders within these organizations not only have to focus on current market success and profitability, but they must also introduce the next generation of technical advances, product attributes, or service features that will sustain and even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195135318
• ISBN13: 9780195135312
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent reference for a Technology Start-up Engineering Manager

I took a course with Professor Katz at MIT and this was the textbook. I recommend this series of article for anyone who is leading an organization in technology or science.

A fantastic class book to keep on your bookshelf

Ralph is a Genious as a professor. I had him a few years ago at MIT Sloan in a course on Managing the Human Side of Technology. We used articles from the book as case studies in our class.Still today I take his book to read on cases which help me to understand my daily struggles in managing engineers and understanding better the soft factors in organisations.Since this book is a collection of papers, it is great if you have already have some knowledge about the topics but maybe it is a bit to 'heavy' for beginners.

The only book of its kind out there, but it needs editing

I had to read this book for a class in Business School, and though I found most of the articles interesting, about 25% were either a) a little dated or b)heavy on the "Well, Duh" factor. The book is organized into 6 sections. dealing with the management of professionals, project teams, technical professionals, professionals in innovative organizations, processes and technological innovation. There really is no other book out there that is as good a compilation of writings concerning this important topic, but the book could be improved by tossing some of the articles which, while innovative at the time, have been accepted by the business world already.