Essays on Triz

Drivers for Change

The acquisition of Whirlpool over Maytag resulted in complementary advantages since Maytag shareholders received both cash and Whirlpool stock while Whirlpool expanded its product and service offerings (Fox, 2006). The acquisition effect is an increase in brand portfolio variety and potential improvement in production efficiency (Whirlpool, 2005, p.7). However, this acquisition occurred during one of the most challenging external environments due to a continuing increase in both material and oil-related costs (Whirlpool, 2005, p.6). This was further worsened by a decline in consumer demand within its U.S. market (Whirlpool, 2006, p.5). Whirlpool countered by increasing the number of new ...

How do you think your top two "Strategic Processing Styles" and your "Strategic Pattern" affect your communications and decision making at work?

After reviewing the TRIZ formula for Strategic Processing Styles (SPS), I found that the two SPS that best describe me are the Reactive Simulator (RS) and the Relational Innovator (RI) (Ungvari, n.d.). The prevailing attributes of the RS are initiative, accountability, opportunity identification, influencing others through sensitivity, change, decision making, solicit input and information sharing (Ungvari, n.d.). Acknowledging these characteristics of the RS, in can recognize myself in these attributes that define both my communications and decision making at work. As such, I am bold and take initiative for actions that have a high risk potential but also a valuable opportunity ...

Business

Govindarajan and Trimble (2010), in their article ‘Apple Beats Microsoft at Change Management’, assert the importance of innovation in the growth of organizations. The article outlines common mistakes that corporations make with regards to implementing innovations and managing change. It asserts that the main reasons why corporations fail at innovation include failures at imagination and failures to execute. It further explains that the former is hardly applicable for many organizations because they have an abundance of brilliant minds to generate new ideas. According to them, failures to execute are the major reason since these organizations have intense internecine warfare ...

When developing new products, there is the temptation to follow psychological inertia, which is the tendency for the mind to jump to certain types of solutions for problems. This can lead to stunting of ideas and the diminishing of new concepts, leading to the establishment of a systemized approach to product development. TRIZ is a system that provides unique laws of evolution that can guide product development in a more comprehensive way.

There are nine laws of technical systems evolution that inform the TRIZ process. Static laws include the law of completeness of parts of the system, which dictates that four parts ...

After having reviewed by initial paper, my perspectives on TRIZ are a little more fully developed, and I can feel a greater understanding of the innovative problem solving process. With the understanding of the 40 principles of TRIZ, each type of problem has their own specific rules to follow, all of which can be applied to strengthening one component without sacrificing another. The laws of product evolution also allow me to more accurately and effectively frame my search for potential evolutions. In this reflective paper, my change in perspective on TRIZ will be outlined, as well as new ways in which ...