- Technology pushes society when:
- Technology’s impact:
- Technology’s impact is:
- The goal of management of technology and innovation in an organization should always be to:
- There are several definitions of technology in the text; all the definitions have some common elements. Each definition implies:
- Technology can be broadly defined as:
- Evaluation and control of technology is the:
- The management of technology is defined as the linking of different disciplines to:
- Innovation can be defined as:
- All of the following are elements of strategic management EXCEPT:
- __________ are the monitoring of technology to ensure that it meets the desired outcomes.
- Firms that manage innovation well have which of the following characteristics?
- Technology is defined to include ____ employed in producing a good or service.
- Benefits of innovation include all of the following except:
- Drawbacks of innovation include all of the following except:
- The first question that should take place as the firm conducts it innovation strategy planning is ____?
- Systems integration:
- Process innovation focuses on ____.
- Reengineering’s goals include all of the following except:
- To create an environment for innovation a manager must understand all of the following except?
- How should you describe the innovation process?
- Seek a balance of behaviors
- Which is not one of the four critical elements to implementing innovation as a strategy in the organization?
- For successful innovation implementation leaders need to ensure;
- Innovative organizations typically are founded and lead by;
- Informal power comes from:
- A leader should ask all of the following questions in the implementation process except:
Is there an open, questioning attitude among employees?
- The three methods that can help to establish the view by employees that they are part of the organization or system are all of the following except:
- Mentoring can be ____ to be successful:
- Benchmarking involves the:
- Extension occurs when _____ and _____ competencies are understood sufficiently so that ideas lead to action.
- One of the primary reasons firms have difficulty being innovative is:
- The strategic reasons a firm would look to use a merger or acquisition include all of the following except:
- The key element of planning externally focused technology acquisition efforts is to:
- A _______ is defined as a partnership of two more corporations to achieve strategically significant objectives that are mutually beneficial.
- Mergers and acquisitions can allow a firm to accomplish a variety of strategic goals. Which one is not associated with the purchasing firm?
- The outright purchase of a firm or some part of that firm is known as:
- The keys in planning for a merger or acquisition includes all of the following except:
- Key expectations should take priority in the integration effort except in which area.
- The three elements that need to be considered in integration are:
- The reasons that training and development are so important in the execution of an alliance or merger/acquisition include:
- The losses an employee can feel during integration typically can include all of the following except:
- The basis for competitive advantage of a technology focused firm ___.
- All of the following are strategic capabilities that a firm needs for success except __.
- When a company is developing its capabilities, it should do all of the following except:
- The key sustainable competitive advantages for a firm using an internal innovation strategy include
- The result of a competitive advantage should focus on ___.
- For technology oriented firms, it is important for managers to understand that value must be
- The ___ view of the firm argues that industry structure is the principal determinant of profitability.
- All of the following would be intangible resources except ___.
- The most common sources of competitive advantage would be ____.
- Each of the following is a step in the value creation process except ___.
- The foundation which must be present before an organization can effectively conduct implementation is ___
- Learning in the organization is the ___.
- Explicit knowledge is ____.
- Organizational learning is the ____.
- The type and the amount of learning that must take place for the firm to compete successfully depends upon
- The firm’s ability to learn
- The greater organizational learning will occur when ___.
- Organizations that are structured for learning are characterized by all of the following except ____.