Chapter 9 Flashcards
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Technology
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The combination of skills, knowledge, abilities, techniques, materials, machines, computers, tools, and other equipment that people use to convert or change raw materials into valuable goods and services
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Mass production
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The organizational technology that uses conveyor belts and a standardized, progressive assembly process to manufacture goods
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Craftswork
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The technology the involves groups of skilled workers who interact closely to produce custom-designed products
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Programmed technology
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A technology in which the procedures for converting inputs into outputs can be specified in advance so that tasks can be standardized and the the work process can be made predictable
