Report on Organizational Restructuring and Innovation at 3M1

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the organizational restructuring and innovation challenges faced by 3M1, a company experiencing a decline in its innovation capabilities. The report identifies several key issues, including the impact of outdated technology, the influence of social determinism on innovation, challenges related to dominating workers and feminism within the workforce, the pitfalls of end-user innovation strategies, and the need for improved information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge. The report also explores the issues associated with the economy and job ethics. Furthermore, the report proposes potential solutions to address these challenges, such as adopting advanced technologies, regulating employee freedom, implementing effective monitoring systems, improving female employee training, and refining innovation strategies. The report emphasizes the importance of adapting to modern techniques and fostering a culture of innovation to improve 3M1's performance.

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Answer 1
3M1 is an innovative organization. It is a new organization and within a span of 100 years, it has
become one of the most innovative organization of the world. The company has been highly
innovative organization; however, from the last few years, the innovation capability of the
organization has declined. The current report analyzes the issues in the innovation capabilities of
the organization.
Issues due to Technology
One of the major issues that the company is facing is the way in which the company operates.
Since, the company focuses on innovations and techniques of innovation; therefore, it is
important for the company to improvise regularly with the advent of new technology and the
identification of new needs. The company is more than 100 years old. As a result, the
technologies used are mostly primitive and based on old methods. However, with the
development of new technologies, the competitors are using these innovated and improvised
technologies to their advantage. This is bad for the company because clients are getting better
and faster results from the competitors (Bansemir, 2013). Since, the newer technologies give
results much faster and in efficient manner, so customers are approaching competitors to get
faster results. The organization is very large in size; therefore, it is difficult to adopt new
technologies and the production techniques. The employees are also accustomed to use the
traditional methods for the business operations and the processes of the organization. In order to
successfully implement new technologies, it is important to train the employees in new
technologies which in itself is a challenging in terms of cost and effort.

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Issues due to Social Determinism
The social determinism theory states that the behavior of an individual or an organization is
dependent upon the social interactions and constructs. It means that an individual behave in a
certain manner or his personality is developed in accordance to his past behavior.
The company is facing difficulties because it is behaving in accordance to social determinism
theory. The company is using past tactics for the innovative ideas. However, with the
advancement in technologies, the competitors are using different kinds of methods such as
brainstorming to derive ideas of innovations. Although the company wants to foster innovation
as it is dependent upon the innovation capability of the organization, the company has developed
certain systems for innovation and it is difficult to modify it. In case of 3M1, social ideas play
significant role in determining the innovations that are brought by the company. As a result the
innovations are consistent (Daugherty, 2015). Although the company encourages freedom of
thoughts, the employees are afraid to engage in innovative ideas as they are afraid of failure.
There is always the probability of failure and chances that the ideas will not work out.
Sometimes, innovations is also dependent on accidental success. However, it is important to
provide specific environment wherein the employees have free time and creativity to encourage
in innovative ideas.
Additionally the new organizations are using modern techniques to succeed. As a result, the
constantly adopting new technology will be a challenge for the company (Lin, Chen & Su,
2017). The company should adopt to modern techniques and start using technologies for
innovations.

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Issues due to Dominating Workers
The company has given quite a few privileges to the employees. The company realizes that
keeping the employees satisfied with the work is essential in increasing the productivity of the
organization. The employers realize that giving flexible and positive environment is necessary to
increase the performance of the employees. However, sometimes this strategy does not work in
the favor of the company. That is because the employees fail to deliver ideas that are not very
feasible. Giving additional time may tamper the efficiency of the organization. The policy of the
company allows the workers to work on ideas in their free and leisure time. This has negative
impact on the performance of the company because there is a high probability that the workers
would fail to deliver. Another policy that the company has adopted is to allow the workers to go
for bootlegging (Hodges, 2016). The company has been giving the employees too much liberty
that might cause in decreased performance of the company. The company should implement
effective administrative system in which the managers would be able to implement innovative
strategies to encourage innovation within the organization.
Issues due to Feminism
The company has presence in more than 20 countries and has a very large and diversified
workforce. There is a significant number of female workforce in the organization. The business
organization realizes that bringing diversified workforce can bring new ideas within the
organization which can encourage innovation in the organization.
However, it has been observed in many cases that the females are more creative and concerned
for the aesthetic beauty of the customer products. The females have an inclination towards the
aesthetic beauty and can design visually appealing products (Brynjolfsson & Saunders, 2013).
Therefore, they should be a part of the innovation team of the organization. Therefore, the

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company should adopt policies to train the female staffs with the latest technologies in an
organized manner (Morais da Costa, 2011). The company should also start appointing female
employees who are well versed with latest technologies and have the zeal to learn them. The
company needs to appoint female employees who are better versed with latest technologies
because in the field of innovations, technologies play very significant role and appointing
females with knowledge in technologies would help to improve the performance of the company.
Sometimes, it is also seen that the female employees have different kinds of complicacies
(Organizational Restructuring, 2016). The company needs to develop policies and rules to
improve the working conditions for female workers.
Issues associated to End User Innovation
The company follows the policy of innovation which is focused on the end user demands. The
company introduces ideas keeping in mind the demands of the clients. The company prefers to
deliver the ideas based on the demands of the customers. The company tries to understand the
demands of the customers and design the innovations accordingly. However, this might turn out
to be a problem for the company. Sometimes, the demands of the customers are very awkward
and the company fails to deliver because of several reasons (Rossignoli, Gatti & Agrifoglio,
2016). One of the common reasons for the failure is the incompetency of the suppliers. This
should be prevented because it has adverse effect on the reputation of the company. The
company should have ideas about the capabilities of the suppliers and should accept orders from
the customers accordingly.
Issues associated to Innovation Strategies
The company has a developed a culture of innovation in its working procedures. The company
prefers the employees to develop a habit of using innovative ideas in everyday life. Even in the

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organizational functions the company motivates the employees to use innovative ideas. This
culture has been developed by presenting anecdotes and case histories to motivate employees
(Chandler, 2016). But with the current generations, it is very difficult to convince employees in
such a way. The current generation relies on facts and figures. The company should try to
convince the employees by providing facts and figures rather than using previous cases. The
culture of innovation should be nurtured by giving present case scenarios and using facts and
figures as proofs.
Issues regarding Information and communication technology knowledge and learning
innovation
The company claims to be based mostly on technologies and use of technologies to bring about
innovations. The company focuses on using technologies to bring innovations. However it
should be kept in mind that the company is more than 100 years old. As a result the technologies
that are being used in the company are quite old and require updating. Communications has also
evolved by a great deal through the years. The company has to change its infrastructure
accordingly to make it sure that it is at par with the latest technologies (Lewis, 2013). The
company needs to introduce technologies so that communications in the organization improves
and allows the employees to communicate with each other in a better and improvised manner.
Since communication is of great importance for coordinated works, therefore it is important for
the company to develop communications so that the employees are able to communicate with
each other in a much more efficient manner so that the performance of the company improves.
Issues associated to economy and job
The company needs to improve its work scenario. The company allows the employees to adopt
any kind of measures in order to bring success and innovations. Sometimes these techniques are

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not entirely correct and might cause issues. The company needs to adopt technologies so that the
employees follow proper work ethics such that no ethical issues are caused due to their
operational techniques. The company allows the employees to bootleg. This strategy might cause
the company to face legal and authoritative issues (Bean, 2011). Additionally the company
allows the employees to work under any conditions they find suitable. This can be a major issue
for the company because sometimes the workers might give substantial lack while working. In
such cases the company needs to follow strict and well developed managerial plans.
Answer 2
The company has faced different kinds of issues. The study also provided certain solutions to
these issues.
Solution to address Technical Issues
In order to overcome the adversities faced by the company due to advancement of technologies,
the company needs to adopt advanced and well developed technologies so that the company
stays at par with eth competitors. In order to do so the company needs to change the
infrastructure and introduce new technologies to the company. It is also necessary for the
company to bring in experts who are able to implement the new technologies. Experts need to be
hired who would efficiently bring the necessary changes in the infrastructure of 3M1. Even the
skill sets of the employees needs to be improved in order to make sure that they are able to cope
up with the change in technology and infrastructure of the company.
Solution related to Social Determinism Theory

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The company has adopted a policy of allowing the employees to work according to their free
will. This might have been steering the company to success. But there are issues and problems
associated to it. Even if the company allows the employees to work with their free will, it is
important that the company regulates and controls the extent to which the freedom is given to
them for instance the company should limit the amount of bootlegging that has been allowed.
The company should also monitor the activities carried out by the employees and make sure that
they are not given excessive liberty.
Addressing the Issues related to Dominating Workers
In order to manage the issues due to dominating workers, the company needs to employ staffs
who would monitor the activities of the staffs and make sure that the staffs remain in the limits
and the liberty given to them is controlled. The company also needs to make sure that the staffs
are guided in the proper manner so that the works are done on time and in an organized manner.
In order to make sure that the company does not get involved in any kind of authoritative issues,
legal aspects should also be kept in mind while monitoring the employees.
Solution to issues due to Feminism
The company employs female staffs. But quite often it has been seen that the staffs are not very
skilled with the innovative ideas that the company implements. Additionally sometimes the
female employees face complicacies while working in the company. While recruiting female
employees it is necessary to make sure that the employees are able to comply with the
requirements of the company. It is also important to make sure that the female employees are
given special liberties within the limits and in case the employees are not trained properly, the
company should train the female employees properly.

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Solving issues associated to End User Innovation
The policy of end user innovation has been creating problems for the company. Due to its policy
of innovating according to the requirements the company had to face different issues. Sometimes
the suppliers failed and the company had to turn down the contract which resulted in the spoiling
of reputation. The company needs to consult with the suppliers before confirming the clients to
deliver a certain task.
Addressing the issues associated to Innovation Strategies
3M1 follows the strategy of motivating the employees by providing instances of stories and
anecdotes. However they current generations are influenced more by facts and figures. The
company should adopt the policy of influencing the employees by providing facts and figures.
Solving the issues regarding Information and communication technology knowledge and
learning innovation
The company has been using communication techniques that are quite old. In order to make sure
that the employees are able to communicate better, the company needs to adopt advanced
communication techniques. It would also help to improve the performance of the company
because it would help he company perform better.
Addressing the issues associated to economy and job
Finally the company needs to improve its job scenario. In order to make sure that the employees
are follow the work ethics and perform properly, the company needs to implement proper
administrative techniques to make sure that the activities of the employees are monitored
properly. The company has been following the policy of allowing the employees to work
according to their will. However in the current scenario such a trend is difficult to maintain. In

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order to make sure that the employees follow order and maintain a disciplined routine, a manager
should be appointed who would act as the guide for the employees. This will help the
organization to have a systematic and well organized work procedure.

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