{"id":7549,"date":"2023-03-08T21:51:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T02:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cadena.com.co\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2023-03-08T21:51:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T02:51:56","slug":"technological-surveillance-key-in-strategy-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cadena.com.co\/en\/technological-surveillance-key-in-strategy-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Technological surveillance: key in strategy planning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doing technological surveillance is managing valuable information to make strategic business decisions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>

To define the strategy today, it is necessary to know the environment and the trends of each productive sector. Technological surveillance includes some activities that companies carried out a long time ago with new practices.\u00a0<\/span>Many believe that it refers to personal protection work with technological equipment, but this perception is wrong. <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Know what it is about.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Experts say<\/span><\/strong>
Researchers on the subject define it in two ways: <\/span>
It is a process that\u00a0 <\/span>analyzes information from the past<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0to turn it into knowledge that contributes to <\/span>\u00a0making strategic decisions. <\/span><\/strong>
Joao Aguirre Ram\u00edrez, Ph. D. in Engineering, expands the concept: \u201cIt is an\u00a0 <\/span>organizational system<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0made up of a set of methods, tools, technological and human resources,\u00a0 <\/span>with highly differentiated capacities to select, filter, process, evaluate, store and spread. information from the past, transforming it into knowledge<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0for strategic decision making\u201d.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Technological surveillance is not a new concept<\/span><\/strong>
The concept of technological surveillance has been treated with academic rigor for more than a decade. Many still confuse it with management terms like strategic intelligence.\u00a0<\/span>Previously it was taken as a synonym for competitive intelligence,<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0prospective and even with business intelligence.\u00a0<\/span>Studies in management in recent years have given it another dimension.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>

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Technology as an indisputable resource<\/span><\/strong>
For technological surveillance,\u00a0 <\/span>technology is the use of knowledge bases and resource management to achieve certain objectives. What is popularly called “technology” in this case are technological resources, for example, a computer and knowledge. <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Knowing how to write is basic technology, but for a writer that ability is critical modular technology and gives you a competitive advantage.\u00a0<\/span>Technology provides knowledge of the outstanding topics<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0of the sector. It allows to prepare before the accelerated changes of current trends,\u00a0 <\/span>to select the information<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0at a time of high flow of it and\u00a0 <\/span>to detect the strategies<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0suitable for the organization.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Past, present and future: all in the same dimension <\/span><\/strong>
The information from the past is analyzed with the conclusions of the competitive intelligence of the present<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0of the market and the suppliers, in addition,\u00a0 <\/span>it allows strategic foresight to envision the future. <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0“This in general is strategic intelligence and it is a concept for taking risks, making decisions,” says Aguirre. \u201cIt is a process that does not provide solutions; It is\u00a0 <\/span>a system that provides effective and appropriate information so that managers and decision makers know when to act\u201d.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>

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The technological surveillance cycle<\/span><\/strong>
Each technological surveillance process has its characteristics and conditions, even so, the researcher Jos\u00e9 Pablo Rojas Wang proposes a cycle that summarizes the process in a generic way: <\/span>
Definition of the needs and objectives. <\/span>
Selection of information sources. <\/span>
Collection of data and information. <\/span>
Organization and analysis of information. <\/span>
Approach of technological strategies. <\/span>
Start of a new cycle.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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It requires a professional analysis<\/span><\/strong>
For Jo\u00e3o Aguirre,\u00a0 <\/span>all organizations carry out technological surveillance<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0and strategic intelligence\u00a0 <\/span>indirectly,<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0but\u00a0 <\/span>it must become a conscious and professional exercise. <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u201cEveryone does it without knowing, information is sought, but the organizations lack awareness. There must be\u00a0 <\/span>specific departments<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0that analyze information from the environment, the market, the competition\u201d.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Ways of monitoring <\/span><\/strong>
The ideal is to look for sources of information other than the massive ones,<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0since, for example, Internet search engines offer the same information to all interested parties and this does not grant competitive advantages. For this,\u00a0 <\/span>all legal search alternatives are important: opinions of insiders and users, publications, news about the sector, databases and events. <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Some companies have designed computer programs that track information and can be of great help.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Protecting oneself against competition <\/span><\/strong>
Technological surveillance also generates awareness of how to protect one’s own knowledge and competitive advantages. <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0In addition, it prevents that information from reaching the competition. Technological surveillance\u00a0 <\/span>also raises awareness on how to keep this differentiation in reserve<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0, such as flavors and ingredients, which generate a differentiable factor in the market.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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In search of strategic intelligence<\/span><\/strong>
Technological surveillance is included, with the concepts of competitive intelligence and strategic foresight, in a broader one: strategic intelligence. They provide management and directive applications in order to increase competitiveness in innovation systems. What do these concepts mean?<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Competitive intelligence:<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0is interested in issues\u00a0 <\/span>such as customers, suppliers,<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0local and international markets; in general terms, the actuality of the elements of a system.<\/span><\/p>

Strategic Foresight:<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0analyzes current data and\u00a0 <\/span>determines possible<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0market trends based on the behaviors and projections of a specific sector. It facilitates the meeting of the scientific and technological offer with the needs of the moment and the future ones of the markets.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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