Question.277 - After completing this weeks reading assignment,?answer two?of the following questions (one from each module), and then read and comment on at least four of your fellow students postings.?Note that two of these questions come from last weeks reading and two from this weeks.?You may answer a third questions for up to 30 points extra credit!??In addition to your textbook, you are encouraged to use the FTCC Library database resources (NC Live, Issues and Controversies, Opposing Viewpoints, etc) as a source of supporting information for your posts. If you use an outside source, be sure to mention what it was and where you found it.? For information on accessing the FTCC Library databases, see the Resources in the weekly assignments folders. ? (From Module 2) Technological advance has often undermined established businesses.?Most recently, the growth of internet-based e-commerce has posed a threat to conventional retail firms.?Can you think of other business enterprises that the Internet may damage or even destroy??Should anything be done to prevent this from happening??Explain. (From Module 2) How do you feel about technocracy and scientific management??Think of at least one example of either concept (which, as you know, are closely related) you have witnessed or have knowledge of and tell us about it. (From Module 3) Explain the difference between the great men and women view of technological advance and the social processes view of technological advance.??Which do you think is most accurate and why???Provide examples in your answer. (From Module 3) Discuss the concept of technological closure and explain what you believe this means, in your own words.? Then provide at least one example of technological closure that you have witnessed in your lifetime.? Elaborate on who might have been affected, both negatively and positively, by your example of technological closure. ? Grading CriteriaNOTE:? Your answers to 2 of these topics/questions are 60% of the grade for this discussion board and your responses to at least?four other students and days of participation make up the remaining 40%! Answers to topic questions must be at least 100 words in length and at least four responses to classmates must be at least 40 words in length.? You must post to this DB on at least 3 separate days to get full credit.? If both questions answered are from the same module you will lose five points. ? Late posts answering two of the topic questions will be eligible for no more than 60% if made within one week of the discussions closure. After one week this cannot be made up. Resources Course Textbook: Society and Technological Change (8th edition) by Rudi Volti? ISBN: 978-1-319-05825-8
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