Posted: April 2nd, 2015

Case & Presentation Essay

Case & Presentation Essay

Order Description

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CASE & TOPIC ESSAY

?    The essay should NOT attempt to be an exhaustive summary of what is covered in the lecture notes or case details. It is an opportunity to present the insights that come from the reflections of the case and core chapter topics and how they align all together.

?    The essay deals with analyzing the case study allocated for the particular tutorial. Groups are to present a short background of the case, key findings from the case, analysis of developments (if any) that have occurred, how the relevant chapter and lecture topics relate to the case and overall learning reflection of the case.

?    The chosen article: 3M (Chap 16, pg 581)  _ Concept Topics: Product Prototypes, corporate venturing, concurrent engineering

?    Case Analysis:
1-    Case background
2-    Key findings
3-    Relevancy & alignment with chapter topics
4-    Overall learning reflection

?    Concept Topic:
1-    Concept understanding
2-    Value adding/alternate viewpoints
3-    Concept example(s)

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CHAPTER 16
Managing the new product development process
Learning Objectives
• Examine the key activities of the NPD process
• Explain that a product concept differs significantly from a product idea or a business opportunity
• Recognise that screening is a continuous rather than a single activity
• Provide an understanding of the role of the knowledge base of an organisation in the new product
development process
• Recognise that the technology intensity of the industry considerably affects the NPD process.
Discussion Questions
1. Explain why there is not one best organisational structure for new product development.
2. Explain why the image of sales representatives as second-hand car dealers is at best misleading and at
worst pejorative and incorrect.
3. Examine whether the virtual world (such as Second Life) may be able to help firms trial new products.
4 Explain why the ‘Valley of Death’ presents a genuine challenge to product champions or project
leaders?
5. ‘New products are a necessary evil’. From whose viewpoint are they necessary and from whose
viewpoint are they evil?
6. Why do so many new products fail? Are there additional reasons?