SEB711 Managing and Developing Innovation: Tyco International Report

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the innovation management practices at Tyco International, a security system company. The study identifies challenges faced by the company, such as difficulties in launching new products due to a focus on short-term goals and a lack of effective systems to support product developers. The report discusses the 'Lead User Process' as a method for successful product generation and emphasizes the importance of long-term commitment to innovation, technological capabilities, and employee skills. The conclusion evaluates Tyco International's investment in innovation, referencing its diverse product range and suggesting a need for careful development of electronic products. The report provides insights into the company's innovation strategies and their impact on product development and market competitiveness.

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Introduction
Innovation as well as creativity is very important in developing an enterprise, especially
which deals in high technological corporations. In the world of globalization it is very difficult
for a company to survive without seeking the help of creativity and innovation. The paper will
focus the problems which are faced by Tyco International. Tyco international is a security
system company which incorporates in the Republic of Ireland and is headquartered in United
States. [1]
Concept Description
Problems faced by Tyco International
When the senior manager thinks of developing a product they mostly think of developing an
advanced product which the market needs to satisfy the customer demand and benefit. That will
also enable the company to grow very rapidly and they will make higher profit margin. For this
reason, they set goals to meet the objectives. For example, they set higher percentage of the sale
of the products, which does not exist, in the market at present. The development teams of the
Tyco International unfortunately decides not to launch the products which deals in security
solutions as well as the fire protections in the market and provide extensions in the line of the
existing products and services provided by the company by bringing further improvement to the
product[2]. As there is a change in the present scenario of the market, this procedure of
improving the existing products and re-launching it into the market will bring a decline in the
production of the company.
With the imperative to growth the developers of the products come up new ideas in launching the
new products, they fail to do so primarily is for two major reasons:-

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 The companies face a strong challenge in facing short term goals, keeping in mind that
the launch of new products in the market will increase the growth of profit, and it will
also survive the competitive market in the years ahead.
 The developers of the new products in the companies do not know how to launch the new
products in the market, as because there is no such effective system, which will help them
by guiding the way and support the efforts and hard work of the developers.
The problems which are faced by Tyco International which is known for its innovation strategies
are, the company’s management department is uphold by the latest innovation in the market.
The workers there have an attitude of getting out of the way behavior towards the development
management department. This can also be related with “It is better to ask for forgiveness than to
ask permission to launch the new product” [3]. This type of problematic relationship between the
manager as well as the development department has put a result in problem with the long lifeline
of the profitable products like the fire detection and automatic fire sprinklers, fire alarm controls,
smoke and carbon detectors in the market.
An innovative process with a new method of developing the product is “The Lead User
Process”. This process proposes a systematic successful generation of strategies, services and
products. It has been researched that mainly the end consumers rather than the manufacturing
units use the manufactured products. It is researched that the companies and other organization,
which are far ahead of the market, generally develop such products. These discoveries are
transforming the job of creating a successful product in the market from scraps, which is used to
identify the lead users – that is the companies who have already developed the products and
should learn from them.

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The ability of Tyco International Company is to incorporate innovation, which depends
on the long-standing commitment of the company. By implementing strategy to bring in
innovation both internally and externally, the company required to stand long-term commitment
with the potential customers. The technology and the technological capabilities of the company
have no barriers. Therefore, implementing innovation in the company will not have any barriers.
Furthermore, the company is required to bring in new employees and technologies, which will
help the company to collaborate closely with the customers.
Skills and team which is required
Tyco International is committed to provide its employees with a safe and healthy
environment to work. Technical skills are required and necessary training session needs to be
provided by the company to its employees to enhance their skills and abilities in order to work
efficiently. The company requires team with employees who are able to design, and build
products with the help of computer-controlled machinery. Adequate skills of the employees are
required to simultaneously find out ways to improve efficiency of their work and bring in
necessary innovative ideas in the work. Skills are required for creating products and system in
such a way that improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the employees [6]
Over the past years various scientists of Tyco International has followed the examples
which was given by Dr. Drew and they created a huge range of innovative products in improving
the existing technologies and applying new ideas. An example of such is that the invention of the
Scotch guard as well as the Post- it Note [7].There were various other scientist who have made

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improvements in the products later according to the taste and preferences of the customers of
Tyco International.
Conclusion
By thoroughly analyzing the report on Tyco International and examining the crucial
aspects if the company we can conclude from the paper that whether or not Tyco International
will make any further investment in the innovation. Tyco International has thousands of products
which range from the household uses and to the official purpose such as the post-it notes, the
scotch tapes, various kinds of adhesives and clearing agents. But some of the products of Tyco
International such as the circuits which are very much flexible and crystal liquids display.
Products, which are not much, know by Buffet such as the electronic products should not be
developed with such confidence.

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