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2. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Entire Course TEC 401 Week 1 DQ 1 What changes have you experienced in your job role recently as a result of technology, and how did you feel about those changes? • TEC 401 Week 1 Individual Assignment Technology and Management Functions Paper • TEC 401 Week 1 DQ 1 • TEC 401 Week 1 DQ 2 • TEC 401 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Organizational Technology Plan Overview Current Technology Assessment and Value Chain Analysis • TEC 401 Week 2 DQ 1 • TEC 401 Week 2 DQ 2

3. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 1 DQ 2 TEC 401 Week 1 Individual Assignment Technology and Management Functions Paper Individual Assignment: Technology and Management Functions Paper Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper based on personal experience in the workplace that gives examples of how management at your company expects technology to improve business. Discuss how your company’s current technology is meeting or not meeting business needs. Format your paper according to APA standards. • What are some examples of how technology has supported each of the functions of management: planning, organizing, directing or leading, and controlling?

4. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 2 DQ 1 TEC 401 Week 2 DQ 2 How can a technology manager help to foster good working relationships between non-technical and technical staff? • What recommendations do you have for your own company regarding its technical support staff?

5. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 2 DQ 3 TEC 401 Week 2 DQ 4 Organizations need to know what each functional area is doing in order to keep everyone focused on completing goals. In what ways can managers promote the development of organizational learning, ensuring that everyone in the organization communicates? • Think about an organization or corporation that you currently belong to or have belonged to in the past. How were they structured? How effectively did information flow up and down the organization? Could communication have been improved?

6. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 2 DQ 5 TEC 401 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Organizational Technology Plan Overview Current Technology Assessment and Value Chain Analysis Learning Team Assignment: Organizational Technology Plan – Overview, Current Technology Assessment, and Value Chain Analysis Resources: Project Overview, available on the student Web sit Develop the Overview, Current Technology Assessment, and Value Chain Analysis sections of the Organizational Technology Plan paper. Address the ways that technology supports business functions and areas. Identify how technology impacts the four functions of management. • What level of understanding about technology do business managers need to have to make intelligent decisions?

7. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 3 DQ 1 TEC 401 Week 3 DQ 2 Once a decision has been made to change a company's technology, what members of the company should be part of the project team that helps to implement the change? • What are some factors that management should examine prior to approving a change in its company's technology?

8. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 3 DQ 3 TEC 401 Week 3 DQ 4 In dealing with outsourcing software programming to another country, I had a business user say “Wow, at these low hourly prices, the programs could have errors and be redone 5 times and we would still save money.” Do you agree with this logic? • How important is it to understand the strengths and weaknesses of a particular technology before implementing it? If new software or hardware comes out on the market, do you want to be the first to implement it?

9. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 3 DQ 5 TEC 401 Week 3 Individual Assignment Technology Implementation Paper Individual Assignment: Technology Implementation Paper Resources: Articles located through the University Library or examples on the Internet Prepare a 1,050 to 1,400-word paper detailing how a new technology system should be implemented or introduced to a company. Include your recommendations as if you were the manager in charge of implementing the new technology. Give your ideas on how the following information should or should not be shared by technical and nontechnical staff: • I have had programmers tell me that by using a software methodology, it was preventing them from coming up with creative solutions to the business problems. Do you agree with this?

10. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Organizational Technology Plan Managing Change TEC 401 Week 4 DQ 1 Does the implementation of new technology always mean the end of old ways of doing things? What are the dangers of continuing to do things the old way as well as using new technology to perform the same tasks? • Learning Team Assignment: Organizational Technology Plan – Managing Change • Resources: Project Overview, available on the student Web site • Develop the Managing Change section of the Organizational Technology Plan paper. Describe how the business should manage change caused by technology. Be sure to address all areas listed in the Project Overview.

11. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 4 DQ 2 TEC 401 Week 4 Individual Assignment Technology Impact Paper Individual Assignment: Technology Impact Paper Resources: Materials located through the University library or other sources Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper about the impact of a new technology on customers in regard to the following: How the company introduced the new product to customers Ways that the new technology added value • What effect does it have on customers when changes in technology negatively affect their ability to get things done? Give examples from personal experience.

12. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Organizational Technology Plan Social Contract and Global Issues TEC 401 Week 5 DQ 1 Name some things that used to be done through person-to-person interaction that are now done through technology. Do you think adding technology to these processes has made the companies seem less customer-friendly? • Learning Team Assignment: Organizational Technology Plan – Social Contract and Global Issues • Resources: Project Overview, available on the student Web site • Develop the Social Contract and Global Issues sections of the Organizational Technology Plan paper. Describe the social responsibilities that the business has as an organization. Identify issues faced when expanding globally as a result of new technology. Be sure to address all areas listed in the Project Overview.

13. TEC 401 Course tutorial/uophelp TEC 401 Week 5 DQ 2 TEC 401 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Organizational Technology Plan Paper and Presentation Learning Team Assignment: Organizational Technology Plan Paper & Presentation Resources: Project Overview, available on the student Web site Develop the Conclusion section of the Organizational Technology Plan paper. Provide a summary statement of key topics of the paper. Be sure to address all areas listed in the Project Overview. Develop appropriate visual aids, such as Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides, for the Organizational Technology Plan presentation. For Local Campus students, these are oral presentations; for Online Campus and Directed Study students, these are PowerPoint® presentations with notes. • Being considered an ethical company by customers can help a company to increase its market share. How can a company’s standards in relation to technology help it to be seen as ethical?

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