Nucor Corporation (A) We are a cyclical business... Basically when you are at the peak of the cycle—times are good‚ interest rates are low‚ people are building—our margins increase. When we go to the trough‚ of course‚ the margins are squeezed. But over the last 25 years Nucor has never had a losing quarter. Not only a losing quarter‚ we have never had a losing month or a losing 1 week. —John D. Correnti‚ President and CEO‚ Nucor In 1998‚ Nucor was a Fortune 500 company with 6‚900 employees
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Innovation and Change Management Susan Miller Word Count 2033 Innovation and Change Management Change is an inevitable element that affects everyone‚ be it personal or in an organisational setting; it is the continuum and is always constant. (Mullins‚ 2005‚ a). In order for change to be recognised and implemented‚ there has to be a degree of innovation and creativity; where creativity acts as the source for change‚ innovation serves as the driver for change. This driver for change is influenced
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Individual Case Analysis BUS490 Comprehensive Examination Nucor Steel Corporation Written by: Lukas Kubilius Professors: Bonnie J. Straight Julian J. Prewitt Lithuania Christian College 2 March 2005 Overview of situation Nucor Corporation with 24 plants/divisions and 8‚000 employees‚ operated in nine states recycling more than 10 million tons of scrap steel annually. Producing carboy and alloy steel in bars
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Nucor at a Crossroads Background of the US steel industry In 1986 total domestic steel consumption in US was 90 million tons‚ this comprised of 69 million tons of domestically produced steel and 21 million tons imported. Post 1979‚ the demand for steel started falling year on year due to stagnation of many steel-intensive industries‚ particularly construction and availability of substitutes such as aluminium‚ plastics and advanced composite. US Steel makers | Integrated | Mini mills |
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Change and Innovation Paper Jennifer Brinkley HCA/250 Teri Rossman Change and Innovation Paper A major health care organization has decided to use electronic medical records. The employees in this organization are resistant to change‚ particularly changes that deal with technology. This paper will discuss strategies to manage change and innovation‚ why the employees are resistant to organizational change‚ and how human resources can play a role in managing change. Change can be a scary thing
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Courses of Action 18 5. Plan for Implementation 18 1. Identification of a Significant Strategic Issue (Nucor distinguishes itself from the rest of the steel industry with its use of scrap steel‚ a fact that makes Nucor the largest recycler in the nation.[25] Furthermore‚ the company uses modern steel making techniques allowing Nucor to employ fewer workers. The workers that Nucor does employ are all independent of unions; these workers have a vested interested in the productivity of the company
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LEADING INNOVATION AND CHANGE AND MANAGING IMPROVEMENT Learning outcome/ Section 2: Be able to propose innovation solutions to improve organisation performance AC 2.1: Assess an opportunity for innovation and improvement in own organisation As already discussed in Section 1‚ business productivity and change cannot occur without effecting people’s psychology to effect change. I initially felt that supervision would be fundamental to addressing and identify issues to allow reflection to plan
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Management‚ 8th Edition Chapter 13 - Managing Organizational Change and Innovation 1. The Nature of Organization Change – any substantive modification to some part of the organization a. Forces of Change i. External Forces - derive form the organization’s general and task environments ii. Internal Forces – a variety of forces inside the organization may cause change as well b. Planned Versus Reactive Change i. Planned change – change that is designed and implemented in an orderly and timely
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NUCOR COMPETITIVE STRATEGY ANALYSIS CONTENTS 1. Case Profile 2. Situational Analysis 2.1 General External Environment (PESTLE model) 2.1.1 Political/Legal 2.1.2 Economic 2.1.3 Sociocultural 2.1.4 Technological 2.1.5 Environmental 2.1.6 Demographic 2.1.7 Global 2.1 Industry Analysis (Porter 5 Forces) 2.2.1 Threat of new entrants 2.2.2 Bargaining power of suppliers
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MANAGING CHANGE AND INNOVATION BU5559 SUBMITTED BY EZIE‚ CYNTHIA C. SUBMISSION DATE 22 MARCH 2010 INTRODUCTION TO INNOVATION AND CHANGE Innovation is the process by which ideas are created‚ selected and implemented to bring about profitable change to organisations. Innovations come as a result of an identified need for organisations to change their current processes‚ activities or operations. Andriopoulos and Dawson (2009) explain that organisational change is ‘new ways of organizing
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