Strategic Planing

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JTMC 5,1

Strategic planning for management of technology of China’s high technology enterprises

Wei-wei Wu, Da-peng Liang, Bo Yu and Ying Yang

School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Abstract

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to explore, describe, and explicate the processes which are related to the strategic planning for technology management, and to provide beneficial suggestions for China’s high technology enterprises to promote technology management capability. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, a model for strategic planning for management of technology is developed, which is expected to be used to provide effective processes of articulating strategic planning. The model involves several key points including defining the current situations of technology management, determining the objectives of managing technology, and designing the approaches for the promotion of technology management capability. Capability maturity model (CMM) and fitness landscape theory are applied in this model to construct useful analysis tools. The model is used to make the strategic planning for management of technology of China’s high technology enterprises. A survey of 43 high technology companies in China is conducted. Technology management maturity model (TMMM) is employed to assess the technology management maturity level, and fitness landscape of technology management is developed to explore the routines of promoting technology management capability. Findings – The authors find that there is still much room for China’s high technology enterprises to improve their technology management capability, since the average technology management maturity is only in the managed level. And the maturity of quality management is lower than that of organization management and resource management, and so quality management should have more...