TMA 03

Cut off date 26 August, word limit 2500.

Block 4 emphasises the importance of developing dynamic capability with respect to technology. Dynamic capability, however, emerges from the interplay of many processes, practises, attitudes and relationships. For an organisation with which you are familiar, assess to what extent it possesses a dynamic capability with respect to technology

Your answer should be written as if you were an impartial consultant to the organisation and should address the following points:

(a) Assess the evidence as to whether or not key innovation activities are currently operating within the organisation (20 marks).

(b) Analyse whether power and politics may be assisting or hindering dynamic technology capability in the organisation (20 marks).

(c) Analyse whether cultural influences may be assisting or hindering dynamic technology capability in the organisation (20 marks).

(d) Discuss what impact external environmental forces have on the organisation's application of technology, and to what extent a dynamic capability in technology might produce an effective response to those forces (40 marks).

You are free to include supporting diagrams in your answer. Feel free to re-use material from TMA01 or TMA02 in the Appendices.

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