Where is technology management needed?

Abstract

There are several different definitions of technology management. They can be classified into two types, with narrower and broader meaning, which are relevant to a narrower and a broader set of organizations. We point at the root of this difference in the narrower and a broader definitions of technology itself. This difference determines what one considers the scope of technology management, i.e. to whom it can be interesting and useful in education, research, consultancy and in the everyday practice of organizations. We prefer the broader concept, referring to every kind of organizations, in contrast with the narrower interpretation, referring only to business enterprises.