MGMT Ch 7 Quiz / MGMT 314 Week 7
Quiz Assessment / MGMT314 week 7
ACTUAL EXAM LATEST 2023-2024-
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Which of the following is true of the S-curve pattern of
innovation of a product? - CORRECT ANSWER-A flat slope
indicates that increased effort brings only small improvements in
technological performance.
Which of the following best defines an incremental change? -
CORRECT ANSWER-It is a phase in which companies innovate by
lowering the cost and improving the functioning and
performance of a dominant design.
The compression approach to innovation assumes that
innovation is occurring within a highly uncertain environment
and that the key to fast product innovation is to use intuition,
flexible options, and hands-on experience to reduce uncertainty
and accelerate learning and understanding. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Flase
Musccanic Inc., a company that manufactures microprocessors,
updates the technology used in its microprocessors once every
four years. A study conducted by the R&D team of the company
revealed that the microprocessors' growth rate is initially slow,
then becomes rapid, and eventually becomes slow again toward
the end of the four-year cycle. In the context of technology
cycles, this scenario best illustrates _____. - CORRECT ANSWERthe S-curve pattern of innovation
__________ is the phase of an innovation stream in which a
scientific advance or unique combination of existing technologies
creates a significant breakthrough in performance or function. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Technological discontinuity
In the context of managing resistance to change, which of the
following is an error that managers make during the unfreezing
stage? - CORRECT ANSWER-They do not establish a great
enough sense of urgency.
___________ is a change that occurs when incremental
improvements are made to a dominant technological design such
that the improved version of the technology is fully backward
compatible with the older version. - CORRECT ANSWERGenerational change
_____ are workplace cultures in which workers perceive that new
ideas are welcomed, valued, and encouraged. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Creative work environments
_____ are forces that produce differences in the form, quality, or
condition of an organization over time. - CORRECT ANSWERChange forces
The compression approach to innovation management is used in:
- CORRECT ANSWER-periods of incremental change [Show Less]