What is the innovation strategy and leadership style within 3M?

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Overview
In a previous assignment you (I) recommended an innovation
option (incremental or discontinuous) to the organization from the course
scenario. Now that senior management of this organization has approved your
recommendation, your task is to ensure your recommended innovation option gets
implemented effectively and efficiently. Remember that your perspective is
still that of a middle manager for one of the top U.S. producers of luxury and
mass-market automobiles and trucks.
In this assignment, you will read a case study and write a
report that compares the organization’s innovation processes with 3M’s
processes. This report will help your cross-functional team identify the
organization’s process gaps when implementing IoT in the product line and will
help to eliminate potential process inefficiencies.
Prompt
Using the information in the overview above and referring to
the 3M: Rethinking Innovation case study provided, compare the organization
from the course scenario with 3M and identify process gaps within the
organization. Your study should include the following points:
Analyze 3M’s experience for a process-based approach toward
innovation.
How does 3M manage innovation?
What is the innovation strategy and leadership style within
3M?
How does 3M enable the innovation process?
Identify significant features or processes that promote
innovation.
How does the management team recognize and reward employees?
What is the importance of permission to play?
How do the 3M attributes of patience and acceptance of
mistakes enhance an innovative culture?
Compare the organization from the course scenario with 3M.
You will need to reference the Organization Overview document when comparing
the two companies.
What are the differences between the two organizational structures?
What is the difference in formal and informal innovation
management?
How does the organizational structure in each company affect
communication? Why is this important to innovation?
Identify the process gaps of the organization. You will need
to reference the Organization Overview document when identifying process gaps.
What needs to be done to make the organizational structure
support innovation?
What rewards could your organization utilize to motivate
innovative behavior?
How should your organization examine its timeline to
identify ways for longer-term projects to be more successful?
Guidelines for Submission
Submit a 2- to 3-page Word document using 12-point Times New
Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. If references are included, they
should be cited according to APA style.

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