INNOVATION AND CHANGE 31 A. Define creativity. Explain its relationship to organizational innovation. B. Briefly describe the typical pattern of technology cycles that occurs during technological innovation. C. What are innovation streams? Describe a typical innovation stream. D. How are technology cycles and innovation streams related? E. What are creative work environments? What does a manager need to do to develop and manage creative work environments? Provide examples. INNOVATION
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Chapter 2 Sources of Innovation SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER In this chapter consideration is given to the role of creativity as the underlying process for the generation of novel and useful ideas. Individual creativity is considered to a function of intellectual abilities‚ knowledge‚ thinking styles‚ personality traits‚ intrinsic motivation and environment. Firm creativity is more than the sum of member creativity. Firm creativity is also a function of the organizational structure and the strategic
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Why is diffusion of innovation and technology important? When I think of diffusion of innovation and technology‚ I think of evolution or how a product‚ idea or theory goes from a thought in someone’s mind to an actual working process and then through time develops into better products to meet society’s needs and wants. Many times certain societies have a special trait‚ characteristic or ability that enables them to be great at certain types of technology or maybe they produce certain products that
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Cases Teacher’s Name April 19‚ 2011 McDonald’s and Its Critics McDonalds started in San Bernardino‚ California simply as a drive-in and a car hop service with a large menu in the 1940s and the first McDonalds restaurant was opened in Des Plaines‚ Illinois in April 1955. Over the years‚ McDonald has established itself as one of America’s most popular fast food chains. From its early beginnings to its current state‚ McDonalds has undergone several changes in business procedures to include changes
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highway. Little do they know that over 33‚000 McDonalds are operating worldwide‚ one of which holds fifteen hundred people. Not only a “symbol of U.S. Culture” (Macionis 121)‚ but it has become a theory of sociology‚ unknown to most‚ conveniently named the “McDonaldization Theory”. The McDonaldization of Society is based off the findings of George Ritzer (1993)‚ in which he found four basic principles that our society correlates with the McDonalds Empire; those four principles are efficiency‚ predictability
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201KM GROUP PROJECT CASE STUDY 4 McDonalds and Hong Kong McDonalds celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 15‚ 2005 and remained true to the statement "As far as I can tell‚ the only place you can’t get a Big Mac is in outer space." (1990) The company operates as a global business through franchising. In 2004‚ the company reported to have established 30‚000 local restaurants located in 115 countries across five continents. It is the biggest fast food retailer conquering markets
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globalization of markets and the importance of innovation are independent of one another. 2. Flexible manufacturing technologies have increased the importance of production economies of scale. 3. Innovation and new technology have led to longer product life cycles as better quality products are being produced. 4. The increased pace of innovation has only had a negligible effect on market segmentation and product obsolescence. 5. Slow innovation results in diminishing margins and product
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MKT 301 (Marketing Management) BRAC Business School BRAC University‚ Bangladesh Subject: Submission of the Project Work on the Marketing Plan of McDonalds Dear Sir‚ With due respect‚ we want to state that‚ it was a great pleasure and honor for us to submit our project report of MKT 301 in the context of Marketing Plan of McDonalds in Bangladesh. Basically in this report we have tried to develop different Marketing strategies‚ like- product strategy‚ pricing strategy‚ distribution
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Mcdonalds Mcdonald’s are Multinational company who have expanded dramatically.. They are a company who’s policy is based on globalisation‚ by the fact that Macdonald’s and its franchises growth is remarkable they have over 21000 restaurants in over 101 countries‚ and territories in all parts of the world including Argentina‚ Cuba‚ Singapore India. and worldwide sales exceeded $30 billion dollars and the net income crossed 1.5 billion Mcdonalds have achieved their recognition and status by
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