IM60049: Technology Forecasting And Assessment

IM60049
Course name	Technology Forecasting And Assessment
Offered by	Industrial & Systems Engineering
Credits	3
L-T-P	3-0-0
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Semester	Autumn

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Need for Technological Forecasting and its scope, Technological Forecasting methods: Brain Storming, Expert Opinion, Nominal Group technique, Delphi and its Variants; Analogy, Trend Extrapolation, Structural Modelling Methods- ISM and KSIM, Gross Impact Analysis, System Dynamics Introduction to technology Assessment History, Definition, need and scope, present status in India, Institutionalization of TA, TA methodology- steps to conduct TA-applications. Text •Market-Oriented Technology Management by Fred Phillips, Springer •Management of Technology (Hardcover) by Tarek Khalil, Maximilian von Zedtwitz, Georges Haour, Louis A. Lefebvre, Pergamon. •Management of Technology: Key Success Factors for Innovation and Sustainable Development by Laure Morel- Guimaraes, Tarek Khalil, Yasser A Hosni , Elsevier Science. •Technology Management:Text and International Cases by Norma Harrison, Danny Samson , McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 1 edition, 2001, ISBN: 0072383550