cInnovation Organisations: The 3M Way Damian Gordon Recommended Reading 3M formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company Founded on the North Shore of Lake Superior at Two Harbors‚ Minnesota in 1902 With over 76‚000 employees they produce over 55‚000 products‚ including: adhesives‚ abrasives‚ laminates‚ passive fire protection‚ dental products‚ electrical materials‚ electronic circuits and optical films Richard Drew June 22‚ 1899 – December 14
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a market as in this case has been the European market should have scanned the environment. By scanning the environment they should analyze the mega-environment as well as the task environment for possible opportunities and threats . Yet‚ a close attention could have been paid to their strength and weaknesses inside the company. Indeed‚ the consideration about any trends should have been incorporated in their environment analysis. In this case there has been a recognition of a trend‚ which is the
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Innovation Best Practices - 3M Case Study Introduction We have been working with a number of global organizations on innovation practices for New Product Introduction (NPI) and have found in companies like: SAP‚ Microsoft‚ Bell Canada‚ Siemens etc‚ - that operationalizing innovation from its early creative stages is a stocatto like tango. Balancing creative tension to ensure innovation downstream execution traction requires tremendous leadership navigation and skill. It is so difficult for
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3m Case Study Question 1 There are many examples of successful companies. To what extent is 3M justifiably highlighted as the ‘innovating machine’? This case study has highlighted some of the key activities and principles that contribute to 3M’s performance. Many of these are not new and are indeed used by other companies. In 3M’s case they may be summarized as an effective company culture that nurtures innovation and a range of management techniques and strategies that together have delivered
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Introduction 3M stands for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. It was founded by five businessmen in 1902 at the town of Two Harbors‚ Minn (3M‚ 2012). They originally financed the company to mine the mineral cornundum for grinding wheel abrasives but the investment became a failure because it turned out that the mineral was actually low-grade anorthosite (Goetz‚ 2011). After being done with mining‚ the founders bought a sand paper company but struggled on how to run it. Eventually‚ Lucius Ordway
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Introduction The purpose of this report is to examine the external factors affecting Ford Motor Company within the last four years. Dr. John L. Waltman has authorized this report. It is based on secondary sources‚ mainly gathered through the First Search Periodical Index. Authorized Publication includes Wall Street Journal‚ Financial Times‚ New York Times‚ and sources from the Internet. This report examines and analyzes these three external factors: v Consumer Demand v Increased Fuel Costs v Visteon
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famous company----3M. 3M is a manufacturing company that has a long history‚ it has a series of well-known products and brands. The first part of the paper will identify and discuss three issues in the case study of 3M‚ which intrigues me the most. In the next part of the paper‚ the creative innovation method used in 3M will be hypothetically applied to an electronic company in Hong Kong; the difficulty that might be confronted will be discussed. In the last part of the paper‚ the method of 3M will
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Motorola Business Strategy Overview and History Since it first entered the competitive electronic firm market‚ Motorola has continued to remain successfully as a world leader in mobile communication technology‚ ranking as the leading maker of cellular telephones‚ paging devices‚ automotive semi-conductors‚ and microchips that are used to operate devices other than computers. Although it has lost a few battles‚ Motorola has taken on the Japanese head to head‚ through these times of Japanese
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must go way beyond the generic functional attributes and features if it has to be truly powerful. It must seek to understand the functional‚ the psychological and the emotional gratification that the consumer derives. A very good example from our company‚ Hindustan Lever Limited‚ is Lux. This is a brand that has been marketed as ‘the soap of the stars’ for more than 50 years. Endorsed by film stars‚ it is a product that has always stood for glamour and luxury. A deep engagement of consumers over the
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survive and prosper in a global environment that is highly dynamic and unstable. Managers in this setting not only deal with a set of social ‚ economic‚ legal and political factors in the home nation‚ but with entirely different set of these in each country of operation. International management involves balancing a firm ’s internal environment forces which is a system of shared meaning and beliefs within an organization that determines employees act with external environmental forces which is outside
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