Technology-Conversant Management Education: Introducing A New Discipline

Authors

  • Rias Johann van Wyk Technoscan Centre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/25-1-670

Keywords:

technology-conversant management, engineering and technology management (ETM), discipline, University of Stellenbosch

Abstract

In the first quarter of 2013, the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch launched a new academic course, Strategic Technology Analysis (STA), as an elective in its M.Sc. in Engineering Management and M.Eng. Industrial Engineering degrees. STA views technology as a knowledge area in its own right, focuses on the inherent characteristics of technology, and explores its natural order. The purpose was to ascertain whether a course of this nature, which offered the outline for a new academic discipline, would be of benefit to a technology-conversant management programme. The course was well-received. It encouraged a greater awareness of technological positioning

Author Biography

Rias Johann van Wyk, Technoscan Centre

1.Director:

Technoscan Centre

2. Professor Extraordinaire

University of Stellenbosch

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Published

2014-01-10

How to Cite

van Wyk, R. J. (2014). Technology-Conversant Management Education: Introducing A New Discipline. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 25(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.7166/25-1-670

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