The new International Journal of Technology Management seeks to change the situation. Its first volume raises many issues that need discussion and have not been adequately treated elsewhere.
The articles are of three kinds. First, government ministers, chief executives and other upper level managers relate their experiences and ideas; these are people to be listened to, and my only complaint is that none of them write about the catastrophes that must have occurred during their journeys to the top.
Another portion of the journal is devoted to global statistics—of employment and productivity effects of robots in Japan, computer-integrated manufacturing in the United States, the industrial potential of biotechnology in the European Community. Also included are ideas about practice and education, mainly from management teachers. These papers vary from the pedestrian to the interesting. Finally, there are a few pages of useful news and views.
The existence of this journal raises ...
