The massive recall by Toyota of 8.4 million vehicles (8 million for unintended acceleration (which as of this date has not been adequately diagnosed) and 400,000 for brake problems is, according to the company, attributed to over expansion and insufficient attention to quality. Toyota’s organization was unable to cope with the building of upwards of […]
Best Management Practices
Nucor Corporation
October 16th, 2009
A new Profile explores the culture for innovation which, once set in motion by Ken Iverson in the 1960s, contributed to Nucor becoming the largest steel company in the United States and all this without an R&D department per se. The Founder’s legacy carries on!
A Profile of GE’s Culture for Innovation is now available.
September 16th, 2009
Following the lead of many CEO’s these days Jeff Immelt has, in his latest book - The New GE Way, let us in on a lot of previously closely held information about GE. By carefully examining this book, as well as other recent and older publications about GE, we have been able to construct a […]
Culture profile for P&G now available as a download.
November 3rd, 2008
Viewers may be interested in this most recent profile as it provides insight into many new management practices at P&G which have been implemented to improve corporate performance through focussing on innovation.
P&G might once have been characterized as being rather closed mouthed about how it has managed to be so successful. No more, thanks to recently published articles, […]
3M and John Deere culture profiles are now available as a download.
May 28th, 2008
If you want to get more insight into why both 3M and John Deere are amongst the most innovative companies in the world, go to http://www.corporateinnovationonline.com and download an in-depth profile of each company. Learn more about their management practices and how they help sustain a culture for innovation.
Survey respondents identify 8 most important Factors.
February 23rd, 2008
Based on survey results to date, participants in the ‘Check-Up’ have identified 8 out of the 25 Factors surveyed as being most important to a corporate culture which supports innovativeness.
Factor #2: Extent to which management explicitly looks for innovation. This Factor rates very highly and there is an indication that management is not sufficiently emphasizing […]
