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Announcement

Program Guidelines for Management of Technology (MOT) GraduateLevel Academic Institutions’ Accreditation and Certification

The International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT) announces the following guidelines for theaccreditation/certification of MOT programs by IAMOT.

Disciplines that constitute the basis for a Master of Science program in Management of Technology curriculum (and forthe extension of the M.S program towards a Ph.D. degree if applicable):

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Management of Technology-Centered Knowledge: Management procedures associated with the exploitation oftechnological resources. Examples are fundamentals of management of technology, theory of technology,technology acquisition, exploitation and transfer, new product development, project management, entrepre-neurship, technology forecasting and planning, innovation and R&D management, knowledge management,intellectual property management and strategic management of technology concentrating on integration oftechnology and business strategy.

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Knowledge of Corporate Functions: Classic business functions such as marketing, finance, accounting,operations, management information systems, human resource management, and business strategy.

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Technology-Centered Knowledge: Topics that relate to specific technology fields or critical technology areas.Examples are computer and information technology, pivotal and emerging technologies, manufacturingtechnology, petroleum and mining technology and production technologies.

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Knowledge of Supporting Disciplines: Important supporting topics such as national policy frameworks,economics, general systems theory, risk analysis, environmental management, ethics, human behavior,quantitative methods, legal issues, research methods and statistics.

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Special topics: Examples include capstone courses and projects, internships, business study missions or therequirement of a thesis.

The five knowledge groups; their relative importance to MOT education and constituting disciplines/contents were

arrived at through a survey of MOT stakeholders.

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Relativeimportance toMOT education

Mgmt of Tech Centered Knowledge

25% Knowledge of Corporate Functions 21% Technology-Centered Knowledge 18.5% Special Requirements/Assignments 18% Knowledge of Supporting Disciplines 17.5%

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It is well recognized that programs may vary from one institution to another based on national, regional or localconsiderations.

The following table shows the result of developing a ‘‘Normalized Discipline Weight’’ factor based on the level ofimportance to MOT education identified by MOT stakeholders for Knowledge Groups and Knowledge Disciplines/contents in an MOT Book of Knowledge (BoK) Framework.

Development of a ‘‘Normalized Discipline Weight’’ Factor

Showing Relative Importance of Subjects

Knowledge discipline

Normalizeddisciplineweight DNW

Strategic MOT

4.01 Innovation Management 3.63 Integration of Tech/Bus Strategy 3.61 Fundamentals of Tech. Mgmt 3.43 Research & Development Mgmt 3.41 Product Development Mgmt 3.37 Knowledge Management 3.26 Entrepreneurship 3.26 Tech Acquisition/Exploitation 3.24 Technology Transfer 3.06 Project/Program Management 2.99 Tech. Forecasting & Planning 2.98 Theory of Technology 2.48 Intellectual Property Mgmt 2.44 Business & Strategic Mgmt 3.64 Marketing 3.08 Operations/Supply Chain Mgmt 2.96 Personnel/HR Management 2.70 MIS/Information Technology 2.67 Finance 2.47 Accounting 1.89 Pivotal and Emerging Technologies 2.83 Tech and Engineering Specialty Fields 2.08 Internships & business study missions 2.43 Capstone courses and projects 2.41 Masters Thesis 2.27 National/Public Policy Frameworks 2.86 Research Methods & Statistics 2.57 General Systems Theory 2.49 Business Law 2.47 Economics 2.45 Problem Solving & Decision Making 2.45 Change Management 2.29 Risk Analysis 2.14 Environmental Management 2.04 Ethics 1.65

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The above guidelines will be discussed at the IAMOT 2007 International Conference in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.Subject to IAMOT Board Approval, the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT) plans toaccredit/certify graduate programs. The certification/accreditation process include a comprehensive assessment of the

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program elements such as: program objectives; program structure and contents; instructors/faculty qualifications; programadministration; knowledge delivery system and facilities; participants qualifications at the entry and exit levels; programoutcome/graduates accomplishments; and the institution commitment and support to the program.

Accreditation/Certification procedures will be published on the IAMOT web site www.iamot.org or obtained from theIAMOT headquarters office. Institutions requesting IAMOT accreditation/certification will be visited by a team ofIAMOT experts who will conduct the evaluation based on the established guidelines.