Business Strategy and Policy. Case 26: W.L. Gore and Associates. 1) In terms of its management and method of achieving objectives‚ Gore’s associates is very unique. Some impressive components of Gore Company are how the workforce/associates is set up in terms of innovation and cohesiveness‚ involvement of coaches and building and promoting of relationships and how less authoritative and hierarchical the company is. This is based on the fact that employees address each other by their first name
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Bill Gore founded WL Gore & Associates‚ a manufacturing company that produces a famous waterproof tissue. WL Gore is one of the best companies to work for‚ indeed WL Gore is listed at the 15th rank. The Culture is unique and a major reason for Gore’s Success. The objective of Gore is to make money and have fun. To arrive at this‚ Bill Gore proposes a structure where everyone shares the same title of “associate.” There are neither chains of command nor channels of communication. Leaders replace
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From: VP Personnel and Human Resources RE: Executive Summary of W.L. Gore and Associates W.L. Gore‚ a well founded industrial company was founded in 1958 by Bill and Viece Gore. Their purpose was to found a solid company that produced a material that would surpass the rest. Their product "Gortex" can be found all over the world in the form of engineering‚ medical‚ electronic‚ and apparel material. At W. L. Gore & Associates their mission statement is simply put‚ "our products are designed
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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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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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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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Gore-Tex Case Study 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 a patent expires‚ generally around 20 years after the original filing; the inventor no longer has the exclusive rights to his or her invention thereby opening up the said patent to everyone to use. At this point other companies can offer comparative products at reduced prices. Gore-Tex was
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1.Explain what happened to the Gore-Tex brand after the patent expired When the patent expires the inventor has no longer exclusive rights to her or hers invention opening it up to everyone. At this point other companies can offer competitive products at reduced prices. It seems that Gore-Tex was smart enough to take advantage of their own patent and expand the product line to include other products using the same technology. 2.What activity can firms use to try to maintain any advantage developed
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“Gore” Short story analysis 4. Amy- Is a major character because she is telling the story and most of the story is about her. The term major character means; a character that plays an important part of the story‚ someone who is part of the plot. When she is explaining her knocking over things and having the silence is her being major. She’s a round character because you get to see all sides of her. Round is a character in fiction whose personality‚ background‚ motives‚ and other features are fully
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