Gore and Associates Management Approach
Gore and Associates Management Approach
Group Paper - Paris Team:
Tatinisha Anderson, Josevelt Barnes, Yolanda Bean, Anthony Bliss, & Trudy Buckmann
University of Maryland University College
December 7, 2013
Turnitin Score: 6%
Abstract
This paper discusses the management approach utilized by Gore and Associates, a mid-sized U.S. organization consisting of over nine thousand employees dispersed locally and worldwide. Although a mid-sized company, Gore and Associates have instituted a small company mentality in their organizational and management structure. This company’s successes stems from its ideologies and its ability to move away from the traditional methods of management which has ultimately transformed the way they do business.
Although for over fifty years, the organization has been able to boast of many successes based on its rather simplistic management approach, it has also had its share of challenges. There have been strengths as well as weaknesses associated with its unique management approach. This paper highlights the rewards of the simplicity of this successful organization’s management approach and also brings to light the tests that this company may face while it utilizes this rather modest management methodology.
Keywords: Management approach, globalization, communication, culture, grounded theory.
Introduction
The management approach utilized by Gore and Associates is very different from what is seen in most large organizations today. Most organizations of this size tend to lean toward a more mechanistic organization: marked by rules, procedures, clear hierarchy of authority, and centralized decision making (Daft, 2013). According to Carroll (2001), organizations that possess such characteristics can experience conflict with their ability to meet their needs as some conditions require creativity from all workers. Gore and Associates has an organic design; and
Group Paper - Paris Team:
Tatinisha Anderson, Josevelt Barnes, Yolanda Bean, Anthony Bliss, & Trudy Buckmann
University of Maryland University College
December 7, 2013
Turnitin Score: 6%
Abstract
This paper discusses the management approach utilized by Gore and Associates, a mid-sized U.S. organization consisting of over nine thousand employees dispersed locally and worldwide. Although a mid-sized company, Gore and Associates have instituted a small company mentality in their organizational and management structure. This company’s successes stems from its ideologies and its ability to move away from the traditional methods of management which has ultimately transformed the way they do business.
Although for over fifty years, the organization has been able to boast of many successes based on its rather simplistic management approach, it has also had its share of challenges. There have been strengths as well as weaknesses associated with its unique management approach. This paper highlights the rewards of the simplicity of this successful organization’s management approach and also brings to light the tests that this company may face while it utilizes this rather modest management methodology.
Keywords: Management approach, globalization, communication, culture, grounded theory.
Introduction
The management approach utilized by Gore and Associates is very different from what is seen in most large organizations today. Most organizations of this size tend to lean toward a more mechanistic organization: marked by rules, procedures, clear hierarchy of authority, and centralized decision making (Daft, 2013). According to Carroll (2001), organizations that possess such characteristics can experience conflict with their ability to meet their needs as some conditions require creativity from all workers. Gore and Associates has an organic design; and
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