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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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    3m Company History

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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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    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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    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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    3m Final Report

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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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    Case Study 3m

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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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    Elevator Pitch: 3M Corporation have a history of succeeding through a culture of innovation along with leveraging existing core technologies. 3M management demonstrates existence of different divisions as independent businesses with their individual units of operations. In addition‚ the cross divisional support between various units like sharing personnel resources‚ distribution channels‚ 3M provided multiple possibilities for innovation. In such an encouraging corporate culture‚ should Optical Systems

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    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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    3M creativity and innovation

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    Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 Background of 3M Company 2 2.0 Contents 3 2.1 Issues of 3M 3 2.1.1 Structure in Relation to Innovation 3 2.1.2 Leadership Relation to Innovation 3 2.1.3 Linkages and Networking to Innovation 4 3.0 Analyze difficulties in using 3M in different cultural situation 6 4.0 Evidence of reflection on how insights relate to student own situation and how learning might applied in current situation 7 5.0 Discussion of challenges in transforming their learnings into

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    Analysis of the 3m Company

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    | 3M Company | By Peggy Nenninger | Introduction: 3M Company My interest in 3M Company comes from the fact that my brother used to work for them. Also the diversity and globalization of 3M intrigued me. 3M Company was founded in 1902 in Two Harbors‚ Minnesota as the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. (MSN Money‚ 2009) It is now known simply as “3M”. 3M is a primary manufacturer of products for many of the markets it serves. 3M operates in six operating business segments: industrial

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