Classic Case 6 W. L. Gore & Associates‚ Inc. Frank Shipper Salisbury State University Charles C. Manz Arizona State University To make money and have fun. W. L. Gore On July 26‚ 1976‚ Jack Dougherty‚ a newly minted MBA from the College of William and Mary‚ dressed in a dark blue suit and bursting with resolve‚ reported for his first day at W. L. Gore & Associates. He presented himself to Bill Gore‚ shook hands firmly‚ looked him in the eye‚ and said he was ready for anything. What happened next
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Journal of Family Business Management Emerald Article: Gender in family business management: a multinational analysis Matthew C. Sonfield‚ Robert N. Lussier Article information: To cite this document: Matthew C. Sonfield‚ Robert N. Lussier‚ (2012)‚"Gender in family business management: a multinational analysis"‚ Journal of Family Business Management‚ Vol. 2 Iss: 2 pp. 110 - 129 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/20436231211261862 Downloaded on: 02-10-2012 References:
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The Psychology of Human Misjudgment by Charles T. Munger Selections from three of Charlie Munger’s talks‚ combined into one talk never made‚ after revisions by Charlie in 2005 that included considerable new material. The three talks were: (1) The Bray Lecture at the Caltech Faculty Club‚ February 2‚ 1992; (2) Talk under the Sponsorship of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies at the Harvard Faculty Club‚ October 6‚ 1994; and the extensive revision by Charlie in 2005‚ made from memory unassisted
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Trust and career satisfaction: the role of LMX The Authors Guohong (Helen) Han‚ Department of Management‚ Williamson College of Business Administration‚ Youngstown State University‚ Youngstown‚ Ohio‚ USA Abstract Purpose – This study examines the mediator of Leader-member Exchange (LMX) between trust in peers and one ’s perception of career satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – This is an empirical paper based on a field study conducted among 241 employees at a Fortune 500 company
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Darker Shades of Blue: A Case Study of Failed Leadership By Tony Kern Copyright 1995‚ Anthony T. Kern This document may not be reproduced without the written consent of the author. Author’s Preface When leadership fails and a command climate breaks down‚ tragic things can happen. This is the story of failed leadership and a command climate which had degenerated into an unhealthy state of apathy and non-compliance--a state which contributed to the tragic crash of a B-52 at Fairchild Air Force Base
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY Of all the factors of production‚ labour is the most important factor of production‚ which is supplied by the employees. The success or failure of any enterprise is therefore ultimately predicated on the willingness or otherwise of the people who supply the labour Force. A manager plays an important part in coordinating the efforts of individual workers to active organizational objectives. His work also include planning
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PRIMARY/ADDITIONAL DUTIES - Deply’d as Unit Intel Liaison to Eskan Village‚ Saudi Arabia; performed AT/FP f/$1B in AF assets--zero loss - Prep’d/conducted 20 jt Intel briefs w/OSI; 174 SF mbrs current on threat--1.2K mbrs/three commands secured - Provided background checks f/50+ personnel/125 hrs/coord’d w/OSI--alleviated screening process deficiency - Sustainment firing program administrator; personally trn’d/cert’d 50 SF Amn--maintained critical weapon certs - Deply’d to Thumrait AB‚ Oman; shield’d
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What is a Group Definitions of the word group vary‚ but many stress one key consideration: relationships among the members. Thus‚ “a group is a collection of individuals who have relations to one another” (Cartwright & Zander‚ 1968‚ p. 46); “a group is a social unit which consists of a number of individuals who stand in (more or less) definite status and role relationships to one another” (Sherif & Sherif‚ 1956‚ p. 144); and a group is “a bounded set of patterned relations among members”
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CHAPTER TWO THE NEED: BIBILICAL MODELS OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP Introduction There are basic attitudes which we see in the lives of those whom God called to servant leadership in the Bible. These include a serving attitude where the leader sees his[1] primary responsibility to those whom he leads as to serve and develop them to fulfill their God-given mandate. The leader serves by putting on a redeeming attitude‚ like Moses and Joshua. In other words he takes responsibility for
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DEFINITION OF HOUSING Housing Listokin et al. (2007) have defined housing as a permanent structure for human habitation. It is also referred to as the house and defined as a home‚ building or structure that is a dwelling or place for habitation by human beings. The term “house” includes many kinds of dwellings‚ ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures (Wikipedia‚ 2011). Williams (2007) refers to it as a dwelling place‚ constructed as a home for
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