文档介绍：Development of a Framework for Managing the Technology
Adoption Life Cycle Using Chaos plexity Theories
Phillip T. Meade
Xodus Business & Technology Solutions, Inc.
5703 Red Bug Lake Rd. #405, Winter Springs, FL 32708 USA
pmeade@
Luis Rabelo, .
Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, Florida 32816 USA
Abstract
Unlike more stable industries, high-tech firms must constantly be in a strategy development phase. These
companies are in desperate need of assistance in strategy formulation. Chaos plexity theories can
provide a powerful approach to support the development of business strategies to deal with these fast-
moving environments.
This paper analyzes the different schemes provided by Chaos plexity theories and their possible
applications to study cycles of products, processes, anizational innovations in the high-tech
industries. This analysis includes the definitions and previous work plished in similar areas. In
addition, a case study is selected (the disk drive industry) and preliminary work using attractors, phase
diagrams and works is discussed.
Introduction
High-tech industries are marked by short product life cycles, and products that are “unique”. The
uniqueness of these products e from a new technology that has never before been introduced to the
market, or upgrades to existing products that differ significantly from previous offerings. In either case, the
defining aspect is the discontinuity introduced to the market by these innovations and product upgrades.
The result is that a true deterministic means for developing strategy does not exist. This fact creates a lot of
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problems for high-technology firms. Unlike more stable industries, high-tech firms must constantly be in a
strategy development phase. Flexibility and agility to react to the ever-changing market and technological
landscapes i