Fundamentals of Management 6th Edition by Ricky Griffin

Exercise 8

Consider the following list of products. Categorize each along all three dimensions of innovation, if possible (radical versus incremental, technical versus managerial, and product versus process). Explain your answers.
• Teaching college courses by digitally recording the instructor and then making the digital file available online
• The rise in popularity of virtual organizations (discussed in Chapter 6)
• Checking the security of packages on airlines with the type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning devices that are common in health care
• A device such as the iPhone that combines features of a cell phone and a handheld computer with Internet capability
• Robotic arms that can perform surgery that is too precise for a human surgeon's hands
• Hybrid automobiles, which run on both batteries and gasoline
• Using video games to teach soldiers how to plan and execute battles