A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology

New Endeavors in Management of Technology

It has to be acknowledged that there are a number of endeavors to embrace the challenges that the world is facing in terms of management of technology. The International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT), founded in the early 1980s, has become the leading and largest international professional association solely devoted to the promotion of management of technology education, research and application. IAMOT is currently undertaking a major initiative to create guidelines for academic programs in MOT and certification/accreditation guidelines to recognize the quality of academic programs. This promises to be a strong step toward establishing formal management of technology education globally on a sound academic basis.

In addressing the Chinese experience in terms of management of technology, Li-Hua and Khalil (2006) argue that appropriate infrastructures, strategies and mechanism for management of technology need to be established in order to support the diffusion of management of technology principles throughout China. The conceptual framework for the future direction and needs has been proposed based on the US research and education experiences over the past two decades. It is debatable whether business and engineering schools need to introduce MOT curricula following the US model or develop a new model shaped by the Chinese culture. It draws upon the experience of the US in management of technology over the past two decades ...