Overview
In Milestone Two, you recommended a strategic plan to the organization
from the course scenario for the IoT innovation project. Now that senior
management of this company has approved your recommendation, your
task is to recommend ways the organization can better support innovation.
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 course scenario organization’s structure and innovation
culture with those of Skunk Works. This report may help you identify ways
to improve your organizational structure and culture in an effort to better
support innovation.
Prompt
Using the information about the company in the Organization
Overview document and referring to the Skunk Works case study in this
module’s resources, compare the organization from the course scenario
with Skunk Works and identify differences in organizational structure and
culture related to innovation. Your comparison should include the following
points:
Organizational Structure: Compare the organization’s structure with
that of the Skunk Works innovation team at Lockheed. Identify the
points of similarity and difference and discuss their implications for an
organization’s overall ability to innovate.
Shared Vision: Compare the shared vision of the organization and
that of the Skunk Works innovation team. Identify the points of
similarity and difference and discuss their implications for an
organization’s overall ability to innovate.
Creative Climate: Compare the creative climate of the organization
and that of the Skunk Works innovation team. Identify the points of
similarity and difference and discuss their implications for an
organization’s overall ability to innovate.
Effectiveness of Teamwork: Compare the effectiveness of teamwork
in the organization and the Skunk Works innovation team. Identify
the points of similarity and difference and discuss their implications
for an organization’s overall ability to innovate.
