Overview
You work as a middle manager for one of the top U.S. producers of luxury
and mass-market automobiles and trucks. It has been a very busy couple of
months for you. You have already submitted your plan for enabling
innovation in the organization, including your recommendations for the type
of innovation (incremental or discontinuous), a strategic plan, and
improvements in organizational structures for an internet of things (IoT)
innovation project. Additionally, you are leading a cross-functional team in
charge of implementing the IoT innovation project. Now it is time for your
final recommendations for making the organizational changes permanent. In
this assignment, you will share your plans for futureproofing the company’s
processes, structures, and culture of innovation in an executive summary,
which will be used by your team to take your recommendations forward.
Prompt
Draft an executive summary listing the recommendations for
futureproofing the company’s processes, structures, and culture of
innovation.
Address the following criteria in the executive summary:
Discuss recommendations for organizational changes to support
continuous innovation (you can use your suggestions from the
project).
oHow would you make innovation a part of the company’s
values and culture permanently?
oWhat specific organizational structures and processes would
you recommend?
Share your reflections on potential roadblocks to making the
company more innovative.
oWhere would you expect to find organizational resistance?
oHow would you overcome this resistance?
