Deck 12: Technology

Question 1

Which of the following are frameworks for understanding the organization-technology relationship?

A)Technological determinism
B)Sociology
C)Social construction of technology
D)Biology

Answer 1

A AND C

Question 2

Technological innovation and adaptation are not independent of society.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Social construction of technology is a less radical variant of social shaping of technology.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to social shaping of technology theorists, which of the following influences technology?

A)Technical processes
B)Social processes
C)Cultural processes
D)All of the above

Question 5

Actor-network theory (ANT) proposes that technologies and organizations are both enacted through networks of actors both human and non-human.

Question 6

Technological determinism advocates that there is an inevitable direction in which events move determined by technology.

Question 7

Which of the following are positive developments according to techno-optimists?

A)Shallow social relationships
B)Individual empowerment
C)New freedoms of association
D)Surveillance

Question 8

Which of the following are advantages of automatically controlled tools?

A)24/7 operation
B)Less problematic (trouble)
C)Less costly
D)Safer

Question 9

Which of the following are actors in Actor-Network theory?

A)Human individuals
B)Machines
C)Money
D)Time

Question 10

People of a techno-optimistic disposition fear the consequences of technological innovation.

Question 11

The impacts of the same technology will be similar in every country and culture.

Question 12

To fully understand technological developments we have to examine their social consequences.

Question 13

Which of the following are necessary to better understand technology?

A)Knowledge of devices
B)Knowledge of human activities
C)Knowledge of science
D)Knowledge of business and management

Question 14

In order to understand what a technology is you must consider devices, human activities, knowledge and skills.

Question 15

Which of the following were used by Blauner (1964) to describe alienation caused by technological change?

A)Powerlessness
B)Dissent
C)Conflict
D)Self-estrangement

Question 16

Which of the following are perceived weaknesses of 'social shaping of technology' theory?

A)It's focus on social interests
B)Its focus on economic interests
C)Its view of organization as social units
D)Its view that the technical characteristics are important

Question 17

Socio-cultural factors impact on technology.

Question 18

Which of the following have theorists and commentators tended to focus on in relation to technology and organizational behaviour?

A)The power of technology to determine what happens in organizations
B)The power of technology to determine what happens in society
C)The power of technology to influence governments
D)The power of technology to influence innovation

Question 19

Technological advances always result in positive developments.

Question 20

Which of the following are elements of the linear model of technological innovation?

A)Scientific research
B)Design and development
C)Marketing
D)Quality