Management Criteria for Effective Innovation
Apply the lessons of R-I-4 to the following questions:
1. List, describe, and compare at least 10 constraints lifted and at least 10 constraints imposed on the vehicle when changing from a gasoline engine to an electric-gasoline engine
2. List 3 business units hampered when changing from a gasoline engine to an electric-gasoline engine. Explain how they are hampered.
3. List 3 business units developed in support of changing from a gasoline engine to an electric-gasoline engine. Describe considerations associated with their creation
Assignment for R-I-6: Assessing Your Organization's Capabilities: Resources, Processes, and Priorities
Apply the lessons of R-I-6 to the following questions:
1. List and describe resources of an architectural engineering design firm.
2. Describe the architectural-engineering design process. What types of meetings are held? What business units are represented? How do these business units interface and communicate?
3. What are the priorities for the design of a traditional facility, such as a manufacturing plant, church, school, or hospital?
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Comprehensive Questions on R-I-4 and R-I-6
Article 1, R 1-4, "Management Criteria for Effective Innovation", describes how an innovation can be analyzed from a technological as well as business standpoint for indications of success. Aspects analyzed include technical constraints, global enhancement of the product,. new infrastructure required, and product acceptance.
Article 2, R 1-6, "Assessing Your Organization's Capabilities: Resources, Processes, and Priorities" discusses how success of an innovation is determined by its management in terms of resources, processes, and priorities. You will have the opportunity to apply the methodologies outlined in these articles in this activity, to be continued in the class discussions.
1. How may two units of technology be compared?
2. Who is responsible for providing the infrastructure required by an innovative technology?
3. What are measures of customer acceptance?
4. How quickly may specialized talent be acquired?
5. How quickly can specialized knowledge be acquired by existing staff?
6. What types of communication may be involved in a process, both written and oral?
7. What other priorities exist besides profit margin?
Outcomes
Completing this activity will enable you to :
1. Evaluate technical constraints imposed by technology
2. Put an innovation technology in context, by studying how the end product is enhanced and made more salient
3. Consider how existing business sectors may be hampered by an innovation, and be cognizant of the need for new business sectors
4. Determine the appropriate resources, processes, and priorities for a technology
Instructions
1. Read Article R I-4: Management Criteria for Effective Innovation (pages 97-104)
2. Read Article R I-6: Assessing Your Organization's Capabilities: Resources, Processes, and Priorities (pages 153-164)
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Book module-
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