Technology management: educational trends

Educational institutions are offering an increasing number of degree-granting programs to prepare engineers and scientists to move toward management responsibilities while maintaining identity in their technical backgrounds. These programs are offered under various titles including "engineering management", "engineering and management", "management of technology", "technology management", and several others. This paper presents the summary of the findings of a study conducted among those institutions. It is the fifth such study since the mid-1970s. The previous ones were conducted in 1977, 1981, 1985, and 1990. The paper reports on the trends and observations about the past, present and future of the educational aspects of this field. The term "engineering and technology management" is used as the representative title for the programs identified.< >