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AssignmentTwo

Due February 6th , 2018

Please complete the followings and submit on the
Blackboard/Assignment Two
by the due date:

a. Discuss at least
one
of the questions in the following Reading Guide

b. Discuss
one
Chapter Discussion question at the end of Chapter 3 or 4 of the textbook

c. Write an annotation video review from one of the short videos in Lecture 02 PPT. (You may write a review of another relevant video of your choice instead).

(i) summarize the main points covered in the video,

(ii) discuss your thoughts on this video regarding what you have learned and

(iii) comment on the quality of the video and presentation

Reading Guide

Chapter 03

This chapter explores key forces that cause the development of technologies.

1. What are the different features of “Market Driven” economy and “Centrally Planned” economy? Research a video story on Centrally Planned economy vs. Market Driven economy.

2. What is social constructivism according to Thomas Hughes?

3. What are some examples Volti used to support technology advance is a result of slow but steady incremental changes? Can you cite other examples?

4. Discuss the lesson you learned from the Penicillin story.

5. Cite examples that technology in one area is often stimulated by the emergence of new technologies in different but related areas?

6. How to understand that technology is pushed by a variety of forces, but it also has to be pulled by effective demand?

7. Why did the president of IBM think that there would be no commercial market for computers?

8. What are the noneconomic sources of technological advance? Use some examples to illustrate this point.

Chapter 4:

This chapter addresses the relations between science and technology.

1. Why science does not always play a decisive role in the development of technology?

2. Why sometimes technology was separated from science?

3. Discuss if the scientific knowledge is the primary basis of technology development?

4. What were key findings of the TRACES project and the Hind Sight projects? Research a video story on such project.

6. Cite some examples how does technology stimulate scientific discovery?

7. What are the commonalities of science and technology?

8. Why did Volti say Fleming had acted as a “Translator between science and technology?

IT 20 Lecture Two

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3. Sources of Change
Great Breakthrough
Push and Pull
Market Economy
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4. Science vs. Technology
Who is the Driver?
Differences between Science and Technology
Commonalities

Advancement
The S-curve may be used to describe technology advancement: there were periods it moves ahead with painstaking growth; there were periods it ramp up rapidly due to some breakthroughs, such as: Thomas Edison light bulb invention and Wright brothers’ aviation endeavor.
http://
strategicthinker.wordpress.com/s-curve

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Stages of S-Curve

Stage One
(Characteristics, activities, methodologies, skills, practice, etc.)
Push (supply, internal drive) –
Creativity
Accident
Inspiration
Pull (demand, external needs) –
Market demand
Needs: : Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Push-Pull
Venture capital, e.g.: Shark Tank
Government priority: NSF
Academia: MIT, Stanford, etc.
Brainstorm: IDEAS, RAND, etc.
Theory of Inventive Principles (TRIZ)

Stage Two
Diffusion – media, commerce, academic, intelligence, etc.
(Diffusion of Innovation by Everett Rogers)
Adoption
Adaptation (Appropriate technology)
Training/Education
Production
Patent protection
CAD/CAM
Mass production/customization
Professional marketing and management

Stage Three
Bureaucracy
Regulation
Guild/Union
Deadweight
Competition
Complacency
Patent expiration
Strategies:
From Good to Great (Jim Collings)
Bottle neck & Theory of Constraints (TOC)
Kaizen (Continuous improvements)
Lean principles

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Push-N-Pull
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http://www.newtopgardentools.com/blog/pull-versus-pull-in-supply-chain-management/

Supply and Demand

Carnot Economic Cycle
Economic Temperature
Supply
Demand
Entropy
Qe
Pe
T1
S1
T0
S0
Area representing distribution enabled by money circulation
Line representing barter w/o money
Carnot cycle is the most efficient cycle for an engine.
This is an example of Technology as a Metaphor (CH 1)

Equilibrium Point
(Production Cycle in Red = Business Cycle in Blue)
Quantity
Supply
Demand
Price
Qe
Pe

Science vs. Technology
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Science vs. Technology
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Science: To Know
Technology: Know How

Video Stories
THE ENIAC: The First Computer

The work of Prof Sir John Ambrose Fleming at UCL. Made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his invention of thermionic valve:
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=txCRJ5AUEgI

The story of Alexander Fleming and penicillin for children (https://
youtu.be/ZAGY36JYQlg)

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Market Economies and Technology Advance
Free enterprise or free market is the conducive for technology development
Carnegie & Rockefeller – A Short Documentary (https://youtu.be/9vuqR3e0uKU)
Capitalism & Communism
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBxW2WLO9d8)
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The Sower Parable
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Technology developments likens the Sower Parable in Matthew 13:
A good system and environment are essential for its growth.

Point to Ponder
三人一条心，黄土变成金 (sān rén yì tiáo xīn, huáng tǔ biàn chéng jīn)
If people are of one heart, even the yellow earth can become gold. This proverb tells us that as long as people are unified, any goal can be achieved.
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Stage One
Time
Total Users

Stage Two
Stage Three
Prigogine: Dissipative Structures
Figure: S-curve for technology growth

Product Development Cycle – A Proven Model

Design

Research

Prototype (Model)

Test (Simulation & Analy sis)

Pilot Production

Sales and Service

Business & Management

Department of Industrial Technology 559 -278-2145
www.csufresno.edu/indtech
Matthew Yen 08-28-2014

Academic Program
(Technology Management &
Applied Engineering)

Prototype
Making

Product
Testing

Production/Manufacturing

From Incubator to Garage (e.g.: HP Garage)