Technology management as factor key to success in private universities

The research purpose was to describe the technology management as a key factor of success in the private universities in the municipality Maracaibo. The research was descriptive, field and transactional, non-experimental. The population was comprised of (4) private universities located in the Maracaibo municipality, with a total of fifty-five (55) reporting units composed of Heads of web services, networks, servers, technical services, operational platforms and technical operators. A questionnaire structured, consisting of twelve (12) items from five (5) alternatives to answers with Likert-type scale was applied to data collection, the validity of the instrument is determined through ten (10) experts. Reliability is established by calculating cronbach's coefficient Alpha obtaining a value of 0. 80r, being this highly reliable. According to results, perceived a medium compliance in the applicability of the activities of research and development, technological innovation, production and strategic management, and proper utility of the technology by the capital social. Aimed at strengthening the development research, giving rise to a community of practice, learning, knowing, knowledge and transformation, properly using the technological resources to do so, allowing the construction and permanence of the research groups, centers of development technology and networks. In summary, presented data to show that the technology management is a key factor of success in the private universities, linking the sector production and research/development, in the process of technological innovation, originating knowledge and practices related to the creation, development, transfer and use of technology.