Question

For this assignment, you will research the innovation architecture of at least three companies that are well-known for successfully supporting a culture of innovation. Write a 1,500-word paper that addresses the following:

1. What particular elements of each organization’s culture, processes, and management systems and styles work well to support innovation?
2. Why do you think these organizations have been able to capitalize on innovation and intrapreneurship while others have not?
3. Based on what you have learned, what processes and systems might actually stifle innovation and intrapreneurship?
4. Imagine yourself as an innovation architect. What structures or processes would you put in place to foster a culture of innovation within your own organization?

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Structures of processes would you put in place to faster a capture of innovation within your own organization..

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three companies that have been considered for this question are:

Apple, Goggle and 3M.

The above are the three most innovative global companies.

Apple has focused much on its processes to design innovative products to provide innovative first hand experience to ots customers. The situation was not always same for Apple. In starting it had seen many failures like that of Newton PDA. Its efforts to do everything itself, building capabilities as varied as cutting-edge hardware development and volume manufacturing, led to huge losses and massive layoffs. But in 1997 Apple began to focus its portfolio and its capabilities. Better Focussed portfolio and employment of its unique capabilities with correct identification has brought it An exceptional consumer experience; Intuitive user interfaces; Sleek product design and Iconic branding.

If we talk about Google the thing that has made it innovative is (empowering its employyes). The management system has always favoured empowerment that led to innovative ideas to Google. The organization has many flatforms and many ways through which such idead generate and flow through the stream of the whole organization and are actually beiing paid heed. Some of them includde Google Caffe {it encourage interactions between employees within and across teams, and to spark conversation about work as well as play} Google Moderator {The simple idea behind it is that when people have tech talks or company-wide meetings, it lets anyone ask a question and then people can vote up the questions that they’d like answered. Through Moderator, people can discover existing ideas, questions or suggestions, vote for ideas, questions or suggestions and see the aggregate votes to date, create a new series asking for ideas organized by topic, event or meeting}.Open intranet to have mails by any employees by each leader of the firm.

(Culture promoting innovation is the pillar which has strenghtnen the 3M's innovation). 3M provides a rich variety of centers and forums to create a pool of practical ideas that are then nurtured into opportunities and provided the necessary resources for success. The Scientists go out into the field to observe customers to understand their pain points. Customers also visit Innovation Centers set up specifically for the purpose of exploring possibilities, solving problems, and generating product ideas. The Scientists share knowledge and build relationships at the Technical Council, which meets periodically to discuss progress on technology projects, and the Technical Forum, an internal professional society where (3M scientists present papers— just two of 3M’s fruitful forums)....