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A traditional description of the Technology Life Cycle describes technologies as passing through five phases.

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__________________refers to the enabling discontinuity experienced by end users as a result of a dramatic change in their roles due to implementing a new technology.

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__________________refers to the time period during which a technology is earmarked to be discontinued but exists alongside the new technology.

Organizations that tend to place a greater emphasis on system design and engineering are much more likely to adopt new technologies during the initial stages of its application.

Which of the following best describes the technology lifecycle stage whereby an organization is most likely to implement a new technology if the organization emphasizes R&D, has the tightest coupling between R&D and systems, has state of the art technical capabilities, and are considered technical enthusiasts?

__________________are defined as those technologies that are just coming out of research and development labs and are becoming available for implementation in an organizational setting.

Sunsetting refers to the time period during which a new technology is considered emerging.

The Laggards category of the Innovation Diffusion Theory model can be characterized as organizations or people that are true skeptics, adopting technology mainly to stay in the market.

Which of the following best describes the discontinuous change that comes about as a result of dramatic changes in the roles of the end user of a technology?

An assimilation gap occurs when emerging technologies never become viable or accepted as mainstream.

The greatest implication of not keeping pace with technology is best described as:

Which of the following best describes the phenomenon whereby more than one technology is combined to create a new technology?

Emerging technologies are defined as those technologies that are just coming out of research and development labs and are becoming available for implementation in an organizational setting.

__________________refers to the process of keeping abreast of developments and potential developments in the technology arena.

The normal distribution curve can be used to describe the rate of adoption of technologies.

In the Key Technology phase of the Technology Life Cycle, a technology is considered required in order for an organization to remain viable.

The lag between the acquisition of a product and its actual implementation,whether it is a temporary lag or a permanent difference, has been described as the__________________ .

Each of the following are components of the Technology Assessment process that can be applied to reducing the uncertainties that arise out of traditional static approaches to evaluating emerging technology except:

Each of the following is a factor that can slow the adoption of new technologies except:

__________________refer to the benefits brought by the number of users of technology; the greater the number of users, the greater the benefit of the technology.