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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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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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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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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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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Machiavelli Vs. George W. Bush The Bush Administration was a very controversial topic after the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01. While some people said‚ “It was the right thing to do‚” others believed it was an outrage‚ and blamed Bush’s ideas on former‚ dictator-like philosophers. Niccolo Machiavelli was a famous political philosopher‚ who was in my opinion‚ the most similar to the Bush Administration. Machiavellis’ ideas on civil liberties‚ what government is supposed to provide and protect against
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George Bush vs. John Kerry For the 2004 presidential election‚ Republican president George W. Bush is attempting to defend his post and reassure the American people that his political choices are the best for our country. His opponent‚ Democratic senator John Kerry believes that his political ideas will be better for a changing America. Four main topics debated on by the candidates are: Homeland Security‚ Civil Rights‚ Education (no child left behind)‚ and the Economy. The two candidates have
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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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Week 3 Assignment 2: Gore Case Analysis Group 3: Stuart Haack‚ Kristy Junio‚ Zeyad Maasarani‚ Kim Tarabetz One can be easily fooled into believing that W.L Gore & Associates has “no organizational structure” (Townsend‚ 2000‚ p.3) as D. Reid Townsend stated in his case titled “W.L. Gore & Associates” (2000)‚ but this is simply not the case. In “Note on Organization Structure” by Nitin Nohria (1995) an organization’s structure is defined as “the pattern of organizational roles‚ relationships and procedures
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