HBS Case Innovation and Collaboration at Merrill Lynch

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 2 Executive summary Page 3 Introduction Page 4 Main supply chain issues within the Hewlett Packard-UPS case study Page 6 Strategies for the future Page 8 Conclusion 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The concept of supply chain is tightly linked to the concept of collaboration. A supply chain by nature involves the interaction of two or more firms, sharing resources, risks and capabilities and jointly working to achieve higher business performance. Therefore, companies involved in a supply chain structure must ensure collaboration among their partners by applying the following interventions :

* In forth step, I communicate change vision and plan of attain it with team members by assistance of guiding association.

Peter Browning’s major dilemma is the urgency to implement changes to Continental White Cap in order to revitalize, reposition, and at the same time remain strong in the eyes of the company’s domestic and international competition. However, while implementing this changes Mr. Browning has to be very cautious, because he

Communicate the Change 1. What is required for the change to be communicated effectively within the organization? Why? Management must espouse coherent strategies and persuasively convey them to the employees to successfully communicate the change vision within an organization. Also, the organization should query employees to conclude the superlative mode of communicating with the team. It starts with leaders considering their previous methods and determine if they need modification or enhancement.

A Case Study Running head: A CASE STUDY - STRATEGY AT H&R BLOCK, INC. A Case Study - Strategy at H&R Block, Inc. Capella University OM 8012 Strategy Dr. Perry Hahn Dec 21, 2005 1 A Case Study 2 Abstract This paper will include an analysis of the company from the four strategy perspectives provided in the project deliverable which are: Strategy

Communicating changes It is of outmost importance for the team leader to openly and honestly communicate changes to the respective team members. Communication presents an effective method in combating loss of productivity and mitigating concerns on uncertain features. Open and honest communication by the team leader has the potential of keeping team members refocused on productivity while at the same time it reduces possible concerns that may be present in regards to uncertain futures. It is imperative for the team leader to present the team members with concrete information

Implementing Change Paper Crystal Powers HCS/475 – Leadership and Performance Development April, 22, 2013 Linda Hagler-Reid Implementing Change Paper This paper will explain the managers’ role within a company and their responsibility when implementing a change within a company. It’s not just the planning and organizing talking about what plans need to be placed in order

Organization must reanalyze their circumstances and situation and update their plans accordingly. If they fail to do so, their plans may become misaligned with their mission and vision. By periodically accessing their organization’s environment and communicating the results to all staff, leaders update not only their perspectives but also those of all employees. Periodic updates are important

Supplier Integration in Skid-Steer Loader Design Having worked in supply management for the past seven years, Nolan was well aware of the general principle of involving suppliers in product development and manufacturing decisions and the frequently touted benefits of lower costs structures, faster product

Introduction Management has decided to implement an organizational change to our project team. This report will focus on three points of view as well as the best strategies when making the right decisions going forward. We will discuss three concerns and the strategies best suited to implement the necessary changes to the organization.

Product Development: “Product development is the process of designing, creating and marketing new products or services to benefit the customers”. Product development comprises of all the processes, which leads the formation of a product starting from the Initial idea to the sale of the final product. It is the key tool to keep the companies in competition with the competitor products and to keep up with the changes and trends in the market. Product development comes into play when a firm wants to develop a new product to target a specific market segment or in improving an existing product or its packaging. Product development plays a key role in the success of a product and also on the lifetime of the product. Most successful organizations and manufacturing companies are more likely to have some kind of formally defined and well-structured development process. Although the product development process is defined differently from different manufacturers, it contains the some important phases in common. The general key processes or phases that involve in the product development are:

The authors were successful on this step by creating a valuable and diverse team that complimented each other, which was a necessity to ensure they had mixed points of views and opinions. Next, the team must create the approach they are going to take, and to be sure each team member has a clear understanding of the benefits for the future of everyone involved. This step was evident by the group meetings. Fourth, it is imperative for the team to demonstrate impeccable communication skills and the ability to influence others to comprehend the significance of the change (Kotter and Rathgeber 2006).

In phases 2, we conduct a simple research to obtain the information though online internet. Our group uses the sources to gain the knowledge and understand what kind of strategy that HupSengcame out and understand the management teams even the financial performance.

The key point at this step is to understand the purpose of product, and design the product is such way that it can be used for this purpose. The specifications agreed on the internal level will provide clear vision of companies’ quality position at the market, and it is essential that all departments know it. Involving the customer at this stage is essentially, due to him and only he can evaluate how well product meets his requirements.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYMerrill Finch Incorporated is a large financial services corporation. As a newly hired financial planner for the company, I have been assigned the task of investing $100,000 for a client. The investment alternatives have been restricted to five options: T-Bills, High Tech, Collections, U.S. Rubber, Market portfolio, and a 2-Stock portfolio.