3M Optical System Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship Andy Wong ( manager of the OS business unit): how managing the formal approval process of the Authorisation for Expenditure – minimizing the risk of kill ideas- presented by his team? Informal channels: seeking support from mentors higher in the organization but this option has to be used carefully and not often. Restructure the project: carrying on within the unit. Paul Gueheler (vice president of SSSD) is worried about OSunit. His
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Assignment (Case Study – 3M optical systems) 1． Consideration from the point of view of Andy Wong First of all‚ if I were Andy Wong‚ I would approve the expenditure plan in order to challenge the latest computer privacy screens again. That is why there are mainly three reasons. (1) First‚ I think we have some advantages to succeed in this new market. For example‚ we have two strong distribution channels‚ like COSD and DSMD. Or we can utilize various specialists who work for 3M and have variety of technical
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3M Introduction 3M is fundamentally a science-based company. We produce thousands of imaginative products‚ and we’re a leader in scores of markets - from health care and highway safety to office products and abrasives and adhesives. Our success begins with our ability to apply our technologies - often in combination - to an endless array of real-world customer needs. Of course‚ all of this is made possible by the people of 3M and their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people
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INNOVATION AT 3M CORPORATION: CASE STUDY There are two major issues highlighted in this case study: 1. Is the ‘lead-user’ process‚ an effective method for research and subsequent product innovation? 2. Should the Medical-Surgical Markets Division (MSMD) lead-user research team present its revolutionary new approach to treating infection to senior management despite the fact that it challenged the existing business strategy? QUESTION 1 The answer to the first question is ‘yes’. By the
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| | | CONTENTS Question 2 3 Determine 3M’s core competencies and assess if 3M has a sustainable competitive advantage. Support your claim. Question 3 9 Critically evaluate the success of 3M’s strategies (acquisition included) in 2006‚ from both a strategic and financial perspective. Question 4
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Topic: How 3M draws up sales and spending forecasts? Questions: 1. Sketch out the 3M organization structure from the board of directors to the production foreman as best as you can from the information in the article Management committee (President‚ seven group vice presidents and nine vice presidents of staff departments) Controller Groups of divisions (Group vice presidents and Group head) Divisions (General managers) Departments (Department managers) Top aides Foreman 2. How many
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operational environment challenges the creativity of fiber optic module packaging engineers as they endeavor to develop and mature new active and passive single-mode fiber optic and photonic components for next generation avionics networking applications. Low sales and manufacturing volumes inherent to avionics combined with lack of standard interface specifications for current and next generation fiber optic local area network architectures and sub-systems makes it difficult for avionics suppliers to justify
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Fiber Optics Fiber Optic Cable Facts "A relatively new technology with vast potential importance‚ fiber optics is the channeled transmission of light through hair-thin glass fibers." [ Less expensive than copper cables [ Raw material is silica sand [ Less expensive to maintain If damaged‚ restoration time is faster (although more users are affected) [ Backbone to the Information Superhighway Information (data and voice) is transmitted through the fiber digitally by the use of high
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Fiber Optics History of Fiber Optics History Of Fiber Optics In 1870‚ John Tyndall‚ using a jet of water that flowed from one container to another and a beam of light‚ demonstrated that light used internal reflection to follow a specific path. • Alexander Graham Bell patented an optical telephone system‚ which he called the Photophone • He dreamed of sending signals through the air‚ but the atmosphere didn’t transmit light as reliably as wires carried electricity. • During the 1920s‚ John
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Individual Research Paper 3M Prepared for: TC Sydney Graduate School of Management By: Surbhi Suri: 16453584 Submitted On: 09/11/2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3M is a multinational company with branches operating all over the globe. 3M is looking to grow in the new markets for its long term strategy‚ and decided to service China‚ India‚ and Singapore. 3M expansion in the international markets and business strategy is build around its core competency of innovation. 3M has adopted product differentiation
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