Strategic Alliances attempt to improve the competitiveness of each member company through increased access to needed expertise and increased access to new markets. Technology Transfer is the process by which technology, often newly developed, is applied in the work place or shared between members of a strategic alliance. Barriers to the Effective Implementation of New Technology Difficulty in financial justification. Management failing to understand the capabilities of the technology. Concern for the impact of the technology on the people of the organization.
Automation is the substitution of machine work for human physical and mental work.