The Product Life Cycle:

The 1st Assignment: Select 4 products in the market today, (1 that fits into each of the 4 product life cycle stages) Introduction, Growth, Maturity and Decline and do the following:

• 1st.Describe the product you selected.
• 2nd Describe why they fit into the stage you placed them.

The 2nd Assignment: Look at the Diffusion of Innovation and for either, yourself or a member of your family or both pick a product that you or they purchased that places you or them into each of the 5 categories.

Keynesian economists focus on the short run business cycle-are we going into another recession or not? If unemploymnet increases then federal unemployment benefits are paid out.

Classical economists focus on what the economic growth rate will be for the next 10 or 20 years. Are there enough incentives built into the economy to promote technological innovation and new business?

Environmentalists worry that the focus on growth-whether short term or long term increases environmental damage and climate change.

Which group would you most identify with and why?

1. Describe the major areas of organizational change that have impacted Holden. How are managers at Holden managing the types of changes?

2. A focus and goal of Holden is to be at the forefront of fashionable outerwear. Explain the role of innovation and how this has impacted Holden as an organization.

3. Pretend you are working as a manager for Holden and identify a main area of change Holden is managing on a regular basis. Using the seven steps in the change process, outline a proposed plan that describes what change is needed and why it must be implemented.

1. What would be the benefits or drawbacks of having one single regulatory agency versus the three separate existing agencies we currently have in place?
2. What is meant by the statement “delicate dance of regulation and innovation”?
3. How does the premarket phase in the regulatory process help companies, and how does it work to the benefit of the consumer?
4. The company 23andMe almost failed because of regulatory issues. What could product developers have done differently?
5. What are the potential benefits of “modernizing” the process of biotech regulation?

Analysis of the Shoe Corporation of Illinois.

Analyze the organizational structure of Shoe Corporation, including how the corporate culture there has impacted the structure.

What suggestions do you have for improvement in information flow?

How would you characterize the current interdependence between departments? What management techniques would you use to help facilitate change given the interdependence within the company?

Given that the president’s intent is to change shoe styles frequently, how could innovation be fostered?

Has protection for proprietary software gone too far, as some critics suggest? (b) If not, why? (c) If so, what are the implications for innovation and competition in the computer industry? (d) How can we achieve an appropriate balance between those who hold legal rights to proprietary information and ordinary users who wish to access, share, and communicate that information? Defend your answer. Please elaborate (beyond a yes or no answer) and provide your “theoretical” rationale in support of your responses. (knowledge)

Consider an open economy with a floating exchange rate at equilibrium according in the Mundell-Fleming model at (r_f, Y₁). Suppose a new financial market innovation increases money demand.

Provide a narrative of the economic events experienced in its transition from the starting point before the shock to the final equilibrium after the shock. Make sure the narrative is consistent with the graph. Be sure to describe economic events, not a description of your graph.

（But please show me a graph, it is easy for me to understand)

In this chapter, the virtues of perfect competition have been highlighted. Among the benefits of perfect competition, no buyer or seller taken alone can affect market prices. Also, efficiency is obtained since firms will produce at full capacity. While some economists praise perfect competition in the sense that it allows to achieve tremendous efficiency. Some economists argue that perfect competition is unnecessary and irrelevant since it may hinder innovation and invention. Provide your arguments for or against perfect competition.

organizational change essay using the article: changing the change rules at Google, and determine why they were successful in changing their employees behavior in approximately 750 word essay, address the following:

evaluate what happens when change is not managed with an organization and what impact can it have on employees

identify ways change fatigue can b avoided in a organization where innovation and change is constant.

discuss who should be involved in change management strategies to ensure a greater success

Microsoft Canada has asked you to critically evaluate their branding and positioning of the surface line of products. How can the company capitalize on the innovation of their products such that they differentiate themselves from their competitors? In your recommendation, you might consider strategies to differentiate each individual product within the surface line, identify target markets and best ways to reach them, and recommend creative solutions to propel the Surface line of products to become the laptop of choice within its respective competitive space.