500 – 750 words or 2 – 3 pages.

This Journal is due by Saturday 07/30/2016 @ 8pm…Please follow all instructions listed below with additional instructions as needed..

Journal Entry 3

Ritzer argues that with McDonaldization, technologies, including “machines and tools, materials, skills, knowledge, rules, regulations, procedures, and techniques” (p. 89), control us. Without using direct quotes, summarize Ritzer’s definition of control by non-human technologies, including a description of what he means by non-human technologies.

Then, think of one area of your life, such as your job, banking, your education, a leisure activity, etc. (NOT choosing one of the areas described in the textbook), and think of how that statement may apply to that activity as you experience it. Based on this, do you agree with Ritzer’s argument? Do you feel that, as an employee, student, or customer, you are overly controlled by non-human technologies in this activity?

PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a paper of the advantages of technology or about the importance of technology in contemporary life. You need to focus on the dimension of McDonaldization called control, in one area of your own life.

Your journal entry is worth 10% of your final grade. It should be 3 pages long using a 12-point size font, double-spaced. You should use a header with your name, the date, the course number, and “Journal Entry 3” on the first page (NO title page). You should cite and reference your textbook properly in a standard formatting style, such as ASA, APA, or MLA. The first two pages should be your essay, and the third page should be your reference list. Please consult the library resources listed in your syllabus and in your course menu to make sure you are formatting your source correctly.

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Observations (reflection) on the business problem and its solution

Suggested future research based on your research results, challenges, and implications.

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The terms innovation, and commercialization are commonly used in a number of overlapping ways to refer to the process of developing new technology and
incorporating it into new products, processes, and services. Innovation encompasses both the development and application of a new product, process, or service.
It assumes novelty in the device, the application, or both. Thus, innovation can include the use of an existing type of product in a new application or the
development of a new device for an existing application. Innovation encompasses many activities, including scientific, technical, and market research; product,
process, or service development; and manufacturing and marketing to the extent they support dissemination and application of the invention. Commercialization
refers to the attempt to profit from innovation through the sale or use of new products, processes, and services. The term is usually used with regard to a specific
technology (e g “commercializing high-temperature superconductivity”) to denote the process of incorporating the technology into a particular product, process,
or service to be offered in the marketplace The term commercialization therefore emphasizes such activities as product/process development, manufacturing,
and marketing, as well as the research that supports them, More than innovation, commercialization is driven by firms’ expectations that they can gain a
competitive advantage in the marketplace for a particular product, process, or service.

SOURCE Office of Technology Assessment, 1995

What technological and market factors affect the commercialization process? Why does the development and commercialization process differ for the different
types of innovation?