Future-Oriented Technology Assessment: A Manager’s Guide with Case Applications

＂Managing Technology is no longer a luxury and needs to be understood by all sectors around the world. Companies such as Kodak, Tower Records, and Blockbuster no longer exist due to technological changes in our society. Technology is not just limited to technology companies. We see technology today that interfaces within sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, and security. So proven technology management tools can be adopted in these sectors. It is increasingly seen as a valuable management and policy tool complementing, and extending further into the future, classical strategy, planning, and decision-making approaches＂--

Haydar Yalcin, PhD, is an Associate Professor on Information Management and Technology at Ege University in Izmir, Turkey. He is also an affiliated faculty member at Mark O. Hatfield Cybersecurity & Cyber Defense Policy Center which is a National Academic Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity at Portland State University.

Tugrul U. Daim, PhD, is a Professor of Engineering and Technology Management, Fulbright Scholar, and the Director of Research at Mark O. Hatfield Cybersecurity & Cyber Defense Policy Center which is a National Academic Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity at Portland State University.