R & D/technology/innovation management (R&D/TI)

The purpose of this announcement is to inform Transactions readers of the formation of our interest group within the Academy of Management. The Academy is an organization of management educators and practitioners whose principal objectives are to foster the general advancement of research, learning, teaching, and practice in the field of management. The purpose of the interest group is to provide a forum for academics and practicing R&D managers to “close the gap” with respect to a) the relevance of research on R&D/TI management, and b) questions concerned with the educational aspects of training for R&D/TI management. Formal activities of the group were initiated at the 1974 National Convention of the Academy of Management, with a program consisting of research paper presentations and a panel discussion on the teaching of R&D/TI management. Our program at the 1975 Convention (10–13 August, Marriott Hotel, New Orleans) will follow a similar format. People interested in the group's activities should be reminded that we interpret R & D/Technology/Innovation Management in a broad sense and consider it as encompassing the areas usually included under “research-on-research,” for example: