ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Gore-Tex Case GORE-TEX CASE ANALYSIS 1. What impresses you about this company? The organization of the company seems to position its corporate culture on an equal basis from the point of view of the majority‚ the employees. Avoiding chain of command and seniority allows creating a corporate culture where everyone is involved in the final goals of the company which that enables
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Gore & Associates case The case of W.L. Gore & Associates (Integrative Case 5.0‚ pp. 554-568 in Daft) represents some of the aspects of the "new" approach to management -- both of people and ideas. Gore and Associates regards its employees as forces for creative change and‚ as such‚ allows them -- some might say forces on them -- almost total independence in thought and action. The case shows a radical approach to devolving decision making to the lowest levels in an organization chart (to
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Running head: L. J. Summers Company – Case Study Case Study: L. J. Summers Company K Green Case Study Analysis: L. J. Summers Company Problem The problem in this case is L. J. Summers Company’s recently implemented cost reduction plan is causing degradation in the organization’s laissez-faire culture and has put the company at risk while challenging their competitive advantage. Furthermore‚ the inexperienced production manager (owner’s son‚ Blaine) is using his unearned power as an authoritarian
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Case 4: W.L. Gore & Associates: Developing global teams to meet 21st century challenges. 1. What impress you about this company? Is it well managed- why or why not? * The company has been successful grow from small home operations to massive operations and still has the same culture as in the beginning. * The company has a good record of growth and therefore should also have good profits. * The company operates outside the traditional structure like the mission statement‚ a code
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W. L. Gore and Associates CONTENTS 1. What are the distinctive features of W.L Gore’s organization and management? On which principles is it based? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of W.L. Gore’s approach to organization and management of the company? 3. To what extent is the W.L. Gore approach to organization and management transferrable to other companies? And‚ if it is‚ to what types of company? 4. Would you like
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W. L. Gore Case Study Q1. What theories from this chapter are revealed through the case ? R: Bill Gore the founder implement in W.L. Gore and Associates develop inside a company a orgnizational structure as a “lattice organization” based on the follow feature: - Direct lines of communications – person to person with no intermediary - No fixed or assigned authority - Sponsors‚ not bosses - Natural leadership as evidenced by the willingness of others to follow\
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Questions 1. Explain what happened to the Gore-Tex brand after the patent expired. What activity can firms use to try to maintain any advantage developed during the patent protection phase? -When the patent to a company expires‚ the company would no longer hold the exclusivity of the item’s format. The creators of it gives up the right to ownership of it and other companies are allow to replicate and compete with them on the same product lines. Firms can stay ahead of the game by trying to
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management style match what business schools tell you about “how to manage”? What is impressive about the company is the level of innovation and the management style. Gore & Associates is technology oriented and is based on continuous innovation. An innovative company needs engaged workers and the knowledge employees need autonomy to be engaged. Gore & Associates took it to the extreme point since everyone in the company has freedom to choose what they want to spend their time on. There are no direct bosses
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SUBMITTED TO: - RAJIB MUSTOFA GORE-TEX Gore-Tex is a multinational textile company. It was first founded by Bill and Vieve Gore as W.L. Gore & Associates in 1958. The company started with serving the electronic products market. In 1969‚ Bob Gore independently discovered expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and introduced in the market as Gore-Tex. In today’s date Gore-Tex is more focused on electronics‚ fabrics‚ industrial and medical products. It is
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Bush v. Gore‚ 531 U.S. 98 (2000)‚ is the United States Supreme Court decision that resolved the dispute surrounding the 2000 presidential election. Three days earlier‚ the Court had preliminarily halted the Florida recount that was occurring. Eight days earlier‚ the Court unanimously decided the closely related case of Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board‚ 531 U.S. 70 (2000). In a per curiam decision‚ the Court ruled that there was an Equal Protection Clause violation in using different standards
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