Case Study: Change at DuPont To what extent are the following approaches to change embedded in the Dupont story (justify your answer‚ providing specific examples): OD – Organizational Development is clearly the main focus here at DuPont. Tom had a vision to improve the organizational standards at DuPont not focusing on any problems that may have been present. The projected outcome for DuPont’s organizational structure was improving for the better of the company and the employees. Tom wanted to
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Case Study: Change at Dupont Abstract Plant Manager‚ Tom Harris greeted everyone by name when he walked through the plant and as far as one could tell‚ it seemed to be business as usual at DuPont. Most recently‚ Orion‚ a DuPont manufacturing operation had been closed‚ the equipment dismantled and sent to China‚ but there were no particular concerns regarding this change. When Tom contacted the University of Virginia‚ he was not looking to solve any particular problem; rather he sought to gather
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Case Study – “Change at DuPont” Leading Organizational Change Jun 2‚ 2011 Abstract A popular cliché stated that‚ “Nothing is permanent except change”. As such‚ it is imperative for organizations to have a smooth transition from constancy to revolutionary. Organizational Development‚ Appreciative Inquiry‚ and Sense making have a profound embedment on the DuPont scenario‚ and was seen as compatible and synergistic to each other. The scenario shows that these new trends have a better
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Running head: Dupont Dupont Case Study Tammi Ball Ashford University Dr. Nwabueze BUS 661 – Leading Organizational Change July 11‚ 2011 Abstract Tom Harris‚ the plant manager of DuPont‚ greeted everyone by name when he walked through the plant. This was the atmosphere within the company and seemed to be business as usual at DuPont. Recently‚ Orion‚ a DuPont manufacturing operation had been closed‚ the equipment disassembled and shipped to China‚ despite this change there seemed to
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As w e walked t hrough t he m anufacturing areas o f Dupont‚ t he p lant m anager‚ Tom Harris‚ g reeted e ach worker by name. The p lant was o n a site t hat s tretched over 10 acres beside t he South River on t he e dge o f t own a nd it was t he major employer in t he community. The p lant s eemed t o b e a p ermanent fixture‚ o r a t least m ore p ermanent t han most things. There had been changes‚ big ones‚ b ut t he p lant was still t he plant. The Orion m anufacturing operation h
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Opening Case: Dupont 1. What Big Five and leadership personality traits does Ellen Kullman possess? Ellen Kullman is a great leader because she has many Big Five and leadership qualities. The first is surgency. This includes dominance‚ extraversion‚ and determination. She also has agreeableness‚ which means she has social ability and emotional intelligence. Ellen is also conscience. She has traits of dependency and integrity. The other trait Ellen Kullman has is openness. She has flexibility‚ intelligence
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History Of Dupont : * Set up by E.I Dupont in USA. * In the almost 200 years since that time‚ it grew into a global company with a wide variety of energy‚ chemical‚ high technology and science based enterprises. * Europe market accounted for one-third of the revenue of Dupont. * Dupont scientists had played a lead role in the development of the synthetic fiber industry. * One of the most important product lines of Dupont was Carpet fiber. * Case Details : * Dupont carpet
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Executive Summary DuPont has been known for its low reliance on borrowings. In the 1970’s‚ the company had to assume a substantial portion of debt of Conoco‚ a newly acquired company. In 1983‚ the managers have to decide about the future optimal target debt ratio. Should the company continue to keep about 40% of its assets financed via debt or should it strive to lower its borrowings to 25%? We defined several criteria to determine our choice – return‚ risks and other quantitative and qualitative
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ON DUPONT UNDERSTANDING THE CUSTOMER’S ACTIVITY CYCLE Submitted to: Dr. K.Abdul Waheed Submitted by Group 3- Case: Dominion Motors 1. Vaibhav Nigam 2. Varun Gupta 3. Utpal Garg 4. Sidhant Khunger 5. Mitali Runwal 6. Nidhi Agarwal 7. Konda Moulika
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Overview In 1972‚ Du Pont found itself in a fortunate position as it was faced with the following two options: 1. Continue with its existing strategy and maintain its current revenue stream; or 2. Modify its strategy and invest additional capital to increase its revenue stream in the future. As one can imagine‚ multi-million dollar investment decisions such as these are not easily made and require a tremendous amount of due diligence to include financial forecasting‚ labor ramifications‚
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