Session 9 - Techology Strategy - Part II
Session 9 - Techology Strategy - Part II
Technology Describe the key external and internal factors that affect
the performance of an organisation.
strategy - II Evaluate strategies employed by different companies in
scanning their external and internal environments
• Top Managers
• Make decisions about the direction of an
organization
management
you learnt First-line Managers
• Direct nonmanagerial
employees
Team Leaders
• Manage activities of a work team
Source: Robbins, Coulter and DeCenzo, Fundamentals of Management, 11th Edition, 2020, Pearson
Foundations
of
technology
strategy
4
Basic strategic management model
5
External Environment
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Internal • Once the various technologies have been identified,
scanning- they can be classified in terms of their
importance/criticality for competitive advantage
Classification • There are several classification systems for technologies
of emphasizing the size of their competitive impact
• Examples:
technologies • Technology life cycles
• Technology portfolio
Internal • Technology life cycle:
• The firm’s ability to
scanning- classify its technologies
according to the stages
Classification of the life cycle (stages
of maturity) has
of important strategic
implications.
technologies • it enables the firm to
determine whether it
should continue to invest
in particular
technologies or shift to
others.
Stages in Technology Importance of
Life Cycle Technology for Competitive
Internal Advantage
scanning- Emerging Have not yet demonstrated potential for
Classification changing the basis of competition
Competitive
impact
Base technology
High Low
Technological
capability
Business Portfolio and Technology Portfolio
Internal
scanning-
Classification
of
technologies