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3M Canada: Managing Change, Disruption, and COVID-19

Andreas Schotter, Kanina Blanchard

Product #:W25534
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:General Management, Organizational Behaviour/Leadership
Setting:Canada, 2021
Details:Case (PDF) • 16 pages • 2021-09-10

Subjects:

LeadershipLeadership and managing peopleOrganizational cultureOrganizational behaviorManagement

Industries:

Fabrication and manufacturing

Geography:

North AmericaCanada
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The Case describes how Penny Wise, the newly appointed managing director of 3M Canada, drew on her personal leadership style, experience and character to keep the Canadian organization strategically relevant through a significant restructuring and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Learning Objectives

After working through the case and assignment questions, students should be able to
  • recognize and explore the challenges faced by leaders guiding change in a subsidiary;
  • discuss the role of culture and collaboration in headquarter/subsidiary relationships;
  • examine the case through the lens of gender and character;
  • analyze the impact of restructuring on subsidiaries;
  • develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of boundary spanning; and
  • reflect on the risk and opportunity emerging from disruption.
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Case Study: 3M Canada: Managing Change, Disruption, and COVID-19 (English version) | Ivey Publishing