Running head: Dupont Dupont Case Study Tammi Ball Ashford University Dr. Nwabueze BUS 661 – Leading Organizational Change July 11‚ 2011 Abstract Tom Harris‚ the plant manager of DuPont‚ greeted everyone by name when he walked through the plant. This was the atmosphere within the company and seemed to be business as usual at DuPont. Recently‚ Orion‚ a DuPont manufacturing operation had been closed‚ the equipment disassembled and shipped to China‚ despite this change there seemed to
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NASCAR Case Study NASCAR has become an American household name that has successfully built their company by offering live racing entertainment‚ partnering with sponsors‚ marketing families‚ and capitalizing on branding by offering merchandise to consumers. Although NASCAR is highly prosperous‚ they could continue to increase their revenue and expand their achievements by insulating themselves from economic downtown‚ preforming a SWOT analysis‚ and by leveling criticism again them. NASCAR could
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As w e walked t hrough t he m anufacturing areas o f Dupont‚ t he p lant m anager‚ Tom Harris‚ g reeted e ach worker by name. The p lant was o n a site t hat s tretched over 10 acres beside t he South River on t he e dge o f t own a nd it was t he major employer in t he community. The p lant s eemed t o b e a p ermanent fixture‚ o r a t least m ore p ermanent t han most things. There had been changes‚ big ones‚ b ut t he p lant was still t he plant. The Orion m anufacturing operation h
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Case study on NASCAR 1. How do you think good decision making has contributed to the success of NASCAR? Ans. Almost every company wants success. To have a successful company‚ we need to know about the decision making process‚ and how‚ and when it works. According to the text‚ “Decision-making process is a set of eight steps that include identifying a problem‚ selecting an alternative‚ and evaluating the decision’s effectiveness.” Not only does a manager need to know this term but they also need
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Opening Case: Dupont 1. What Big Five and leadership personality traits does Ellen Kullman possess? Ellen Kullman is a great leader because she has many Big Five and leadership qualities. The first is surgency. This includes dominance‚ extraversion‚ and determination. She also has agreeableness‚ which means she has social ability and emotional intelligence. Ellen is also conscience. She has traits of dependency and integrity. The other trait Ellen Kullman has is openness. She has flexibility‚ intelligence
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1. How do you think good decision making has contributed to the success of NASCAR? Answer: NASCAR is a huge‚ well-known company. The decisions made by the management of NASCAR have been carefully considered since the founding of the company in 1948 by “Big Bill” France As the company’s top manager‚ Brian France uses the 8 steps in the decision-making process that have contributed to the success of NASCAR. Brian gathers information from a variety of sources. It promoted the sports with the
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Founded more than 50 years ago‚ NASCAR has become one of the hottest spectator sports in the world. It has also become one of the biggest marketing opportunities to date. Why would anybody make that claim? Just look at all of the cars racing by‚ each one decorated with the colors and logos of various Fortune 500 companies. How did NASCAR get this way? Even though NASCAR started in 1948‚ it wasn’t until 1971 that corporate sponsorship emerged and had the backing of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company
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History Of Dupont : * Set up by E.I Dupont in USA. * In the almost 200 years since that time‚ it grew into a global company with a wide variety of energy‚ chemical‚ high technology and science based enterprises. * Europe market accounted for one-third of the revenue of Dupont. * Dupont scientists had played a lead role in the development of the synthetic fiber industry. * One of the most important product lines of Dupont was Carpet fiber. * Case Details : * Dupont carpet
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Case Study: Change at DuPont To what extent are the following approaches to change embedded in the Dupont story (justify your answer‚ providing specific examples): OD – Organizational Development is clearly the main focus here at DuPont. Tom had a vision to improve the organizational standards at DuPont not focusing on any problems that may have been present. The projected outcome for DuPont’s organizational structure was improving for the better of the company and the employees. Tom wanted to
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Executive Summary DuPont has been known for its low reliance on borrowings. In the 1970’s‚ the company had to assume a substantial portion of debt of Conoco‚ a newly acquired company. In 1983‚ the managers have to decide about the future optimal target debt ratio. Should the company continue to keep about 40% of its assets financed via debt or should it strive to lower its borrowings to 25%? We defined several criteria to determine our choice – return‚ risks and other quantitative and qualitative
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