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ASSIGNMENT
Course Code :
MS - 94
Course Title :
Technology Management
Assignment Code :
MS-94/TMA/SEM - II/2015
Coverage :
All Blocks
Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or
before 31st October, 2015 to the coordinator of your study centre.
Q. 1. Explain how R & D can be a source of competitive advantage
for a business organization. Illustrate your answer with the help of an
example.
Answer:With rising use of global outsourcing, offshoring,
international distribution networks and internet channels, it is clear that low
labour costs and market access are no longer competitive differentiators. More
and more companies are looking to designing and developing new products and
services as a crucial source of competitive advantage, differentiation, growth
and profitability.
Strategic R&D Management is
about how organisations make product innovation happen. It helps senior
managers engage in and support product innovation in a way that drives – rather
than dissipates – their business strategy. You will learn how to
Q. 2. Differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate technologies
giving examples. List out the accepted criteria for selecting appropriate
technology in the contemporary situation.
Answer:Appropriate technology is an ideological movement (and its
manifestations) originally articulated as intermediate technology by the
economist Dr. Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher in his influential
work, Small is Beautiful. Though the nuances of appropriate technology vary
between fields and applications, it is generally recognized as encompassing
technological choice and application that is small-scale, decentralized,
labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, and locally
controlled. Both Schumacher
Q. 3. Discuss the concept of Relevance Tree Technique. Explain the use
of this technique in the present context.
Answer:The concept of relevance tree, one of the normative methods,
was first described –by C.W. Churchman et akin 1957. In this method the
objective to- be achieved is divided into a set of major activities. Each
activity is broken down farther into missions and each mission is subdivided
into a task.
Then the deficiency with respect
to the specific task is identified based on which a project or an action is
recommended. It thus involves a
Q. 4. What are the various source of technology information? How are
they useful at the enterprise level in the present context? Explain.
Answer:Information technology (IT) is the application of computers
and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate
data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise.
The term is commonly used as a
synonym for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other
information distribution technologies such as television and telephones.
Several industries are associated with information technology, including
computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors, internet, telecom
equipment
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