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Managing Technology and Innovation

Chapter Seventeen

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Learning Objectives

LO 1 List the types of processes that spur development of new technologies.

LO 2 Describe how technologies proceed through a life cycle.

LO 3 Discuss ways to manage technology for competitive advantage.

LO 4 Summarize how to assess technology needs.

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Learning Objectives (cont.)

LO 5 Identify alternative methods of pursuing technological innovation.

LO 6 Define key roles in managing technology.

LO 7 Describe the elements of an innovative organization.

LO 8 List characteristics of successful development projects.

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Technology and Innovation

Technology

The systematic application of scientific knowledge to a new product, process, or service.

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Question

___________ is a change in method or technology.

Innovation

Quality

Speed

Service

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The correct answer is a – innovation. See next slide

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Technology and Innovation

Innovation

change in method or technology

positive, useful departure from previous ways of doing things.

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Forces Driving Technological Development

Must be a need, or demand, for the technology

Meeting the need must be theoretically possible, and the knowledge to do so must be available from basic science

Must be able to convert the scientific knowledge into practice in both engineering and economic terms

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Forces Driving Technological Development

The funding, skilled labor, time, space, and other resources needed to develop the technology must be available

Entrepreneurial initiative is needed to identify and pull all the necessary elements together.

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Technology Life Cycle

Technology life cycle

A predictable pattern followed by a technological innovation, from its inception and development to market saturation and replacement.

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The Technology Life Cycle

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Figure 17.1

Technology Dissemination Pattern and Adopter Categories

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Figure 17.2

Diffusion of Technological Innovations

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Innovators

Early Adopters

Early Majority

Late Majority

Laggards

Diffusion of Technological Innovations

An innovation will spread quickly if it

Has a great advantage over its predecessor

Is compatible with existing systems, procedures, infrastructures, and ways of thinking

Has less rather than greater complexity

Can be tried and tested easily without significant cost or commitment

Can be observed and copied easily

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology Leadership

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Table 17.1

Technology Followership

A manager’s decision on when to adopt new technology also depends on the potential benefits of the new technology, as well as the organization’s technology skills

Following the technology leader can save development expense

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Dynamic Forces of a Technology’s Competitive Impact

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Figure 17.3

Question

What is the process of clarifying the key technologies on which an organization depends?

Managerial audit

Benchmarking

External audit

Technology audit

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The correct answer is d – technology audit. See next slide.

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Assessing Technology Needs

Technology audit

Process of clarifying the key technologies on which an organization depends

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Measuring Current Technologies

Emerging technologies are still under development and thus are unproved

Pacing technologies have yet to prove their full value but have the potential to alter the rules of competition by providing significant advantage

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Measuring Current Technologies

Key technologies have proved effective, but they also provide a strategic advantage because not everyone uses them

Base technologies are those that are commonplace in the industry; everyone must have them to be able to operate

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Question

What is the process of comparing the organization’s practices and technologies with those of other companies?

Benchmarking

Quality control

Scanning

Environmental scanning

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The correct answer is a - benchmarking. See next slide

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Assessing External Technological Trends

Benchmarking

the process of comparing the organization’s practices and technologies with those of other companies

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Assessing External Technological Trends

Scanning

focuses on what can be done and what is being developed

places greater emphasis on identifying and monitoring the sources of new technologies for an industry

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Key Factors to Consider in Technology Decisions

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Anticipated market receptiveness

Technology feasibility

Economic viability

Anticipated capability development

Organizational suitability

Framing Decisions about Technological Innovation

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Table 17.2

Sourcing and Acquiring New Technologies

Make-or-buy decision

The question an organization asks itself about whether to acquire new technology from an outside source or develop it itself.

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Sourcing and Acquiring New Technologies

Internal development

Purchase

Contracted development

Licensing

Technology trading

Research partnerships and joint ventures

Acquisition of the owner of the technology

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Sourcing and Acquiring New Technologies

Managers should ask the following basic questions:

Is it important (and possible) in terms of competitive advantage that the technology remain proprietary?

Are the time, skills, and resources for internal development available?

Is the technology readily available outside the company?

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Technology Acquisition Options

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Figure 17.4

Question

Which executive is in charge of information technology strategy and development?

COO

CEO

CTO

CIO

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The correct answer is d – Chief Information Officer. See next slide

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Technology and Managerial Roles

Chief information officer (CIO)

executive in charge of information technology strategy and development.

coordinates the technological efforts of the various business units

identifies ways that technology can support the company’s strategy

supervises new-technology development

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Technology and Managerial Roles

Technical innovator

A person who develops a new technology or has the key skills to install and operate the technology

Product champion

A person who promotes a new technology throughout the organization in an effort to obtain acceptance of and support for it.

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Technology and Managerial Roles

Executive champion

An executive who supports a new technology and protects the product champion of the innovation.

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Requirements for Innovation

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Figure 17.5

Organizing for Innovation

Unleashing creativity involves encouraging creativity and celebrating failure

Bureaucracy busting is necessary because bureaucracy is the enemy of innovation

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3M’s Rules for an Innovative Culture

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Table 17.3

Organizing for Innovation

Development project

A focused organizational effort to create a new product or process via technological advances

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Organizing for Innovation

Sociotechnical systems

An approach to job design that attempts to redesign tasks to optimize operation of a new technology while preserving employees’ interpersonal relationships and other human aspects of the work

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Compensation Practices in Traditional and Advanced Manufacturing Firms

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Table 17.4

Video: Netflix

How is Netflix an innovator?

What are the consequences to competitors of Netflix’s innovations?

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