What Are Technological Forces? Explain Their Implications for Managers and Organizations

question 88

Essay

What are technological forces? Explain their implications for managers and organizations. Then provide an example of how technological forces changed management in one industry. Your example can be based on your own experience or on something you have read or seen in news media.

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Definitions:

Groupthink

Groupthink refers to a psychological phenomenon where the desire for group consensus and harmony results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Social Loafing

The phenomenon wherein individuals exert less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone.

Group Polarization

A phenomenon where discussions within a group lead to the adoption of more extreme positions or attitudes than the members initially had.

Conformity

The act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms or expectations.