SWOT analysis III. Organizational focus: 1. Organizational structure 2. Type of structure in relation with the type of business IV. Brief Financial analysis and trends (3 years): 1. Liquidity 2. Equity 3. Debt ratios 4. Profitability ratios 3M Company was founded in 1902 by five businessmen‚ a lawyer‚ a doctor‚ two railroad executives and a butcher. The first headquarter was in the Lake Superior town of Two Harbors. Its completed name is Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Minn. The company
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3M Optical Systems: Case Brief As Andy Wong‚ how would you handle the authorization for expenditure for the re-launch of the privacy screen? As Andy Wong‚ I would take the proposal to one of my senior-level mentors for support. The OS unit has already tried and failed three times with the microlouvered filter and high level support would benefit both Wong and Guehler in this case. If Guehler sees that other areas of 3M are in support of the authorization for expenditure‚ then he will not have
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Art Fry was in search of a bookmark for his church hymnal that would neither fall out nor damage the hymnal. Fry noticed that a colleague at 3M®‚ Dr. Spencer Silver‚ had developed an adhesive that was strong enough to stick to surfaces‚ but left no residue after removal and could be repositioned. Fry took some of Dr. Silver’s adhesive and applied it along the edge of a piece of paper. The
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Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company Case Study Table of contents Table of contents Page 1 Introduction to 3M Page 2 Market and products Page 2 Performance over the last 5 years Page 3 International Marketing Activities Page 4 Miscellaneous Topics Page 6 Appendix 1 Page 7 References Page 8 Introduction to 3M 3M Company‚ the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company‚ was founded in 1902 by five businessmen. They wanted to make a profit out of minerals for grinding
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3M Introduction to Business Profile An ever-growing‚ innovative company‚ 3M is considered to be a science-based‚ multinational company which develops and manufactures over 55‚000 products. 3M was originally founded in 1902 by Henry S. Bryan‚ Herman W. Cable‚ John Dwan‚ William A. McGonagle and Dr. J. Danley Budd. It was originally called the “Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company” (hence the ticker symbol “MMM”). The company’s headquarters is located in Maplewood‚ Minnesota. 3M
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Administration Department Term: Fall 2013 Assignment for Course #: MGMT 317 Course Name: Management of Human Resources Submitted to: Dr. Mussie Tessema Submitted by: Alex Tschida Due Date: December 4‚ 2013 Assignment Title: Staffing Practices of 3M CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance received in its presentation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used‚ data‚ ideas or words
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is the 3M culture. The official vision statement is “to be the most innovative enterprise in the world”‚ and 3M’s basic definition is: “new ideas +action or implementation which results in an improvement‚ gain‚ or profit”. 3M has also coined the word “inventorpreneur” for those who invent and implement. The culture encourages stubborn persistence amongst employees to accept and promote their ideas - “do your own thing”. The culture is taught and conveyed through stories and myth about 3M inventorpreneurs
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persistent help this dissertation would not have been possible. I would like to thank Mr.Tabish Ahmed Hashmi‚ Senior Supply Chain Manager at 3M Pakistan who provided us with the required information to complete our research report on 3M. In addition‚ I would like to thank my institute PAF-KIET for providing us such a platform to complete our management project on 3M. Which increased our knowledge regarding management. Contents Acknowledgement 1 3MIntroduction 3 Company History 3 Vision Statement
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50‚000 Products but 3M Still Searching for Growth According to Mr. Thulin‚ 3M’s CEO‚ “.‚ is trying to maintain 3M’s reliable profitablitly while giving sales growth a bit more zip.” 3M has a vast product line already so in order for Thulin to increase profit even more he is going to have to be innovative and come up with several strategic plans. On the business side‚ he is going to have to see what products are not reaching the target sales growth and maybe sell them off to another company and
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emerged over time? 3M goes back to 1902 when five Minnesota businessmen established the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. to mine a mineral that they thought was corundum‚ which is ideal for making sandpaper. The mineral‚ however‚ turned out to be low-grade anorthosite‚ nowhere near as suitable for making sandpaper‚ and the company nearly failed. To try and salvage the business‚ 3M turned to making the sandpaper itself using materials purchased from another source. In 1907‚ 3M hired a twenty-year-old
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