Topic: Innovation and IT in the Supply Chain

Paper details:

In this part of the assessment you have to write a 2750-word long report investigating Procter and Gamble Singapore. With regards to your chosen case organization, please explain and discuss the following:

The purpose of innovation from a knowledge management perspective can be divided into knowledge exploitation and knowledge exploration. Using the lecture and seminar material of this module, in relation to the statement above and based on your own research, explain how innovation can be managed in supply chain contexts. Use practical examples from the world of business to underpin your arguments.

Please follow below instructions

Apply Maximize knowledge exploration and exploitation throughout the whole assignment on IT Innovation.

1) Abstract (300 words)
– A summary of whole assignment
Please note that Abstract is not an introduction. You will need to critically summarize what is this whole report is about. It is all about your findings and what kind of information will the whole report is talking about. A summary of whole assignment. You can write this lastly.

2) Introduction of the company (100 words)
An introduction is where you let the reader know what you have read, what you are doing is important, and what are you trying to do. By looking at introduction, it talks about previous discussion, quotes a few writers (Journal article writers). By the end of the introduction, it can tell what is the focus of this assignment. Give details on what this assignment is all about.

3) Explain Cognitive Hierachy (300 words)
Please do more research about what is cognitive hierarchy example. “How to go about gaining wisdom? – Implementation (Sharing and Integrating) – Looking at picture 20160417_164822- To share information, there must be trust.” Relate to Procter and Gamble.

a) To explain the classical Greek Period (as attached)
i. Ackoff’s Apex

4) Apply into Procter and Gamble Supply Chain Process using Rothwell 5 models of Innovation (as attached)
a) Is P&G Innovative / not Innovative (750 words)
**Use only 1 model to best describe Procter and Gamble. **
Network structure – eg. Everyone specialise in doing things in the business. They share information so they have the product itself, they have HR, marketing, engineering, they discuss what are the problem, they share with other engineering departments doing other products. That’s how they innovate. But how is it possible for them to do that? Apply into P&G Please DO MORE RESEARCH on Rothwell Framework. Tell more on whether is the company doing well or not doing well using cognitive hierachy.

5) Framework (700 words)
– Using Nonaka Framework 1994 (as attached)
**Use only 1 knowledge conversion to best describe Procter and Gamble. **
Eg. Procter and Gamble has huge canteen / pantry so that people can discuss and socialise. They allow socialization to take place. See if you can find anything that you can explain how information is exchange in P&G. Explain how information is exchange using Nonaka Framework.

6) Using 4 & 5 to link a business relationship which will be more to highlighting practical examples of the company. (750 words)
Business relationship – More to explain how you can talk about trust (Uncertainties) More as a additional. Please use practical examples from the world of business to underpin your arguments in this section. Eg, P&G has upstream and downstream, how do they build trust – more contractual or shareholdings in the company? Commitment trust or transaction trust, etc can be explain in this section. How does P&G do it? Eg. they may have shares in some of the upstream suppliers, they send the people to manage them so there is some stake holding within the upstream supply. Look at the culture and see what kind of information they share.
Real example: P&G implemented diversity of views, they employ people that cannot be the same nationality or races as they think that they think that people may collude. There is no diversity of information in the company.
You may refer to the notes and link what kind of business relationship does P&G uses. **PLEASE DO NOT COPY OR REPHRASE FROM THE LECTURER NOTES**

7) Conclusion (150 words)
– Give your own opinion (there must be a comparison)

8) Referencing at least 40 sources of journal articles

Please write more in depth and do more research. Search more on journal articles.