Managing Technical Innovation: Organizational Strategies for Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (Jossey-bass management series) - Tapa dura

Essays discuss the American lag in advanced manufacturing technologies, the implications of robotics, strategic planning, and computerized manufacturing.

Brings together works by scholars in organization theory and experts in the implementation of manufacturing innovation to examine how American industry can overcome individual and organizational obstacles to technological innovation. Uses the results of empirical studies, case histories, and extensive interviews with managers in a wide range of industries to identify the issues managers face when adopting such technologies as computer-aided design and robotics.