...Week5 : For all groups: W L Gore Associates Case study: Gore-Tex® and W.L. Gore & Associates: An innovative company and a contemporary culture[1] This case study explores the role of organisational management and culture within a very innovative firm, which is responsible for some very well known products such as the famous Gore-Tex fabric, and yet few people know very much about this remarkable organisation. It is operated in a similar way to that of a cooperative such as the John Lewis Partnership in the United Kingdom, where the employees are also owners. In addition the organisation seeks to minimise management with the emphasis on action and creativity. Today this enigmatic firm employs approximately 7,000 people in more than 45 plants and sales locations world-wide. Manufacturing operations are clustered in the United States, Germany, Scotland, Japan and China. Proprietary technologies with the versatile polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) have resulted in numerous products for electronic signal transmission; fabrics laminates; medical implants; as well as membrane, filtration, sealant and fibres technologies for a range of different industries. Today the organisation divides its products into four main groupings: medical products; fabric products; electronic products; and industrial products. Gore has approximately 650 US patents and thousands world-wide. Further details of these can be found by visiting the US Patent & Trademark office website at www.uspto.gov. ...
Words: 3092 - Pages: 13
...Confirming Pages g Frank Shipper Greg L. Stewart Salisbury University CASE 26 W. L. Gore & Associates: Developing Global Teams to Meet 21st-Century Challenges1 University of Iowa Charles C. Manz University of Massachusetts–Amherst n 2010, W. L. Gore & Associates celebrated its 52nd year in business. Founded in 1958 by Bill and Vieve Gore in the basement of their home, Gore had grown into a global enterprise famous for its high performance fabrics, medical products, and next-generation electronic products, as well as its use of self-empowered teams of employees (called associates at Gore). In its earlier years, the company had endeavored to restrict the size of its different corporate facilities to 200 associates or fewer, a practice that helped keep the number of teams at a given facility to a manageable number and facilitated cross-team coordination. More recently, however, to better cope with the challenges of a global marketplace, increasing numbers of teams were composed of associates in different facilities, sometimes facilities that were spread across three continents; the coordination of team members working in different facilities was enabled by online communication. In 2010, Gore’s products were sold on six continents and used on all seven continents, as well as under the ocean and in space. The company global operations required teams of associates to tightly coordinate their activities in developing, producing, and marketing...
Words: 9558 - Pages: 39
...T-threat) 6 2. Internal factors ( S- strength and W-weakness) 9 IV. LENOVO STRATEGIC CHOICES 13 V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 14 List of figure Figure | Name | page | 1 | The Lenovo history timeline | 4 | 2 | Lenovo vision statement | 5 | 3 | Porter’s Diamond model | 6 | 4 | Lenovo Porter’s Diamond model | 7 | 5 | Strength in Lenovo’s structure | 10 | 6 | Lenovo CAGE framework | 11 | 7 | Lenovo strategic implementation | 13 | 8 | strategic triangle | 14 | I. INTRODUCTION Thomas L.Friedman reminded to the term "Flat world" as the way to describe to an era of new World economy. Which including the globalization, intense competition, a big market without borders, the variety and combination of cultures in the World (Thomas L. Friedman, 2005; Victor K. Fung, el, at 2007; Ronald Aronica and Mtetwa Ramdoo, 2006). In fact, The change, updates, innovation and competition in technology industry are taking a level higher, because it happening every days, every hours (Jeffrey T. Macher, David C. Mowery; 2004). Factors impact to success of the company including external factors and internal factors. It closely related to the strategies in pathway of company development. Some things bring opportunities, some things bring challenges, or even make the company go to fail. This essay will provide a insight and explicitly analysis and discussion about internal factors and external factors of Lenovo case study....
Words: 2711 - Pages: 11
...Managerial Assessment and Development-1 Bonita Hargrett Individual Assignment Unit #4 Contingency Leadership Theories Everest University Instructor: Jill Heaney November 11, 2014 Introduction In this assignment we were asked to read chapter #4 and Complete Review Questions 1-11 on page 138, and also answer question 1- 6 page 139-140 about Case on W. L. Gore. These answers will come from the finding I learn while reading this chapter about Individuals leadership traits or skills are lacking, characteristics of the subordinate, task, and organization can replace the need for a leader or neutralize the leader’s behavior. Plus the different personality traits that is needed and found in a great leader-Managers exchange and fellowship and how manager can be unethical with some followers and still be a team with people being faithful to their leader because of their relationship with them. Contingency Leadership Theories Review Questions 1-11 on page 138 1. What is the difference between a theory and a model? A model is the structure of a theory, so one is how you find the other, because the model is a short summary of the theory. 2. What contingency leadership variables are common to all of the theories? Situation, Leaders and Followers 3. How does the global economy relate to contingency leadership? Contingency leadership adjusts to any environment and culture, allowing the leader to deal with different...
Words: 546 - Pages: 3
...punctuated by starvation and scurvy. Yet within just 40 years, and maybe many fewer, an ascending thermometer will likely mean that the maritime dream of Sir Francis Drake and Captain James Cook will turn into an actual route of commerce that competes with the Panama Canal. The term “glacial change” has taken on a meaning opposite to its common usage. Yet in reality, Arctic shipping lanes would count as one of the more benign effects of accelerated climate change. The repercussions of melting glaciers, disruptions in the Gulf Stream SCIENTIFIC A MERIC A N and record heat waves edge toward the apocalyptic: floods, pestilence, hurricanes, droughts— even itchier cases of poison ivy. Month after month, reports mount of the deleterious effects of rising carbon levels. One recent study chronicled threats to coral and other marine organisms, another a big upswing in major wildfires in the western U.S. that have resulted because of warming. The debate on global warming is over. Present levels of carbon dioxide — nearing 400 parts per million (ppm) in the earth’s atmosphere— are higher than they...
Words: 2058 - Pages: 9
...resources (HR) department can play a significant role in the success and achievements of an organization. The department, which has evolved from the personnel department where the main tasks were the functional management of hiring and firing, to one which can have a significant impact on the organization as a whole, including culture, strategy development and motivation. In the modern environment the HR department may be able to make the firm a "great place to work". Many firms that are acknowledged for their good employee cultures, such as Google and Gore &Associates, place a high level of reliance in the development and maintenance of the employment relationships, with significant input from the HR department and HR strategies. Firms may wish to emulate the strategies which have been so successful, who would not want to have the same level of innovations as Google, or the same level of employee loyalty and commitment seen at Gore? To undertake strategies that will transform a workplace into a great place to work may start by looking at the HR department to determine how the idea HR department would operate and the type of strategies they may use to impact in the corporate culture and practices to make the change. The aim of this paper is to look at the ideal HR department, considering what elements need to be in place and the type of strategies they would pursue and support. The first consideration will be the department infrastructure and support mechanism. The importance...
Words: 4515 - Pages: 19
...hormonal and physical changes. The transition from childhood to adulthood is also characterized by psychological changes in terms of identity, self-consciousness, and cognitive flexibility. In the past decade, it has been demonstrated that various regions of the human brain undergo development during adolescence and beyond. Some of the brain regions that undergo particularly protracted development are involved in social cognitive function in adults. In the first section of this paper, I briefly describe evidence for a circumscribed network of brain regions involved in understanding other people. Next, I describe evidence that some of these brain regions undergo structural development during adolescence. Finally, I discuss recent studies that have investigated social cognitive development during adolescence. The first time Uta Frith made an impression on me was when I was 15. That year I was given a copy of her book Autism: Explaining the Enigma (U. Frith, 1989), which had recently been published. I knew nothing about autism and found Uta’s book captivating. It inspired me to write to its author and ask if I could do a week’s work experience in her lab. With characteristic generosity, Uta agreed. So in the summer of 1990, I spent a week in the Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognitive Development Unit, where I observed children with autism being tested on the Sally Anne task, and joined in when Uta’s group were generating spoonerisms like Dob Bylan and Himi...
Words: 6434 - Pages: 26
...vurguladıkları alanlar ve yoğunlaştıkları konular itibariyle uluslararası ilişkiler konusunda geliştirdikleri farklı söylemler açıklanacaktır. Çalışmanın dördüncü bölümünde ise, farklı feminist yaklaşımların uluslararası ilişkiler disiplininin bazı temel konuları ve alt disiplinleri (uluslararası güvenlik ve çatışma, savaş ve barış; uluslararası ekonomi politik; ve uluslararası hukuk ve insan hakları) konularında hakim uluslararası ilişkiler teorilerine getirdikleri eleştiriler ele alınacaktır. Anahtar kelimeler: Feminizm, Feminist yaklaşımlar, Eleştirel teori, Uluslararası hukuk, Uluslararası ekonomi-politik, İnsan hakları. FEMINISM: THE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO TRADITIONAL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORIES ABSTRACT This study evaluates the meaning of feminism, its brief history and the place of feminist approaches in international relations. In this context, the second section elaborates the emergence of feminism in the field of international relations and its impact on the...
Words: 13111 - Pages: 53
...Ingredient Branding Philip Kotler· Waldemar Pfoertsch Ingredient Branding Making the Invisible Visible Professor Philip Kotler Kellogg Graduate School of Management Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208, USA p-kotler@kellogg.northwestern.edu Professor Waldemar Pfoertsch China Europe International Business School 699 Hongfeng Rd. Shanghai 201206, China wap@ceibs.edu e-ISBN 978-3-642-04214-0 ISBN 978-3-642-04213-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-04214-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010926489 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Germany Printed...
Words: 106805 - Pages: 428
...SECRET LANGUAGE of • HOW LEADERS INSPIRE ACTION THROUGH NARRATIVE The LEADERSHIP STEPHEN DENNING John Wiley & Sons, Inc. More Praise for The Secret Language of Leadership “Out of the morass of strategies leaders are given to transform organizations, Denning plucks a powerful one—storytelling— and shows how and why it works.” —Dorothy Leonard, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business, Emerita, Harvard Business School, and author, Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom “The Secret Language of Leadership shows why narrative intelligence is central to transformational leadership and how to harness its power.” —Carol Pearson, director, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, and coauthor, The Hero and the Outlaw “The Secret Language of Leadership is not only the best analysis I have seen of how and why leaders succeed or fail, it’s highly readable, as well as downright practical. It should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in engaging a company with big ideas who understands that leaders live and die by the quality of what they say.” —Richard Stone, story analytics master, i.d.e.a.s “A primary role of leaders is to create and maintain meaning for their organizations. Denning clearly demonstrates that meaningmaking comes from stories well told.” —Thomas Davenport, President’s Distinguished Professor of I.T. and Management, Babson College, and author, The Attention Economy “Steve...
Words: 100587 - Pages: 403
...Doç. Dr. Nafiz KAHRAMAN Makina Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı Yüksek Lisans Tezi Ocak 2010 KAYSERİ T. C. ERCİYES ÜNİVERSİTESİ FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ TAŞITLARDA LNG KULLANIMININ DENEYSEL ARAŞTIRILMASI Tezi Hazırlayan Mehmet Ali BEKTUR Tezi Yöneten Doç. Dr. Nafiz KAHRAMAN Makina Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı Yüksek Lisans Tezi Bu çalışma CryoCan A.Ş. tarafından desteklenmiştir Ocak 2010 KAYSERİ Doç. Dr. Nafiz KAHRAMAN danışmanlığında Mehmet Ali BEKTUR tarafından hazırlanan "Taşıtlarda LNG Kullanımının İrdelenmesi" adlı bu çalışma, jürimiz tarafından Erciyes Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Makine Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalında Yüksek Lisans tezi olarak kabul edilmiştir. 22/04/2010 Başkan\..0.QÇ-.l)jr...^Q.Jiî2...J(Qhr.QmQ/l Üye :. Af-. :. Av. sS-,. .OrJiÜO- ...AtQ*)öQ. Üye Yed,.. /kf-. JURI : Je^p//.. OjLÂjJi^ ONAY: Bu tezin kabulü, Enstitü Yönetim Kurulununi!35fcs/.2«afcO tarih ve . gpfo f A&.rGÜL. sayılı karan ile onaylanmıştır. XS/.-PST/ÄOttO 5 TEŞEKKÜR "Taşıtlarda LNG Kullanımının Deneysel Araştırılması" konulu tez çalışmasının seçiminde, yürütülmesinde, sonuçlandırılmasında ve sonuçlarının değerlendirilmesinde destek ve yardımlarını esirgemeyen değerli hocam Sayın Doç. Dr. Nafiz Kahraman'a , LNG tankının imalatına her türlü yardımı yapan, maddi ve manevi destekleyen Cryocan A.Ş. yönetim kurulu ve çalışanlarına, Araştırmalarımda her türlü yardımı yapan, zaman harcayan, emek veren, tecrübesini paylasan Sayın Dr...
Words: 16415 - Pages: 66
...Resilience Today, everyone have a strongly willing to be a successful person no matter in which area such as business, communities, study and family life. Although people can find lots of method to achieve the goal, there still are some characters should be aware and conscious cultivation if people want to better integrate with varied of fields. Resilience as a vital role to play in our life and it consist with different kinds of factors. In this essay, it will divide into three parts to discuss four important characters of resilience, including hardiness, adaptability, recovery and flexibility. Besides, in these four parts, it will also present these components how positive connect with communities, organizations, business or individual life. Hardiness Winston Churchill said that “success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” It is a good explain and describe for the word, hardiness. Maddi (2013, p. 7) states hardiness can be as a channel to resilience when face the stress and resilience always as a component to keep individual performance and health no matter in psychological or physiological when they under the pressure environment. It is clear that hardiness has strongly connection with resilience and it is an important factor in our life. White, Absher & Huggins point out hardiness can help people to deal with the transforms from circumstance with high stressful level into less-stressful life events like activity of organization and business...
Words: 2178 - Pages: 9
...Case study notes This case has been updated to include the Apple iPad. Principally this is case explores the issue of licensing and how successful firms can become unsuccessful. It is not a case about Apple and why it has become successful. This case study explores the rise of the Apple Corporation. The Apple iPod is one of the most successful new product launches in recent years, transforming the way the public listens to music, with huge ramifications for major record labels. More than 50 million MP3 players are expected to be sold in 2005; over a third more than last year. Mobile phones have long been regarded as the most credible challengers to MP3 players and iPods. The launch of digital download services via mobile phones illustrates the dramatic speed of convergence between the telecom and media industries, which many observers expect to usher in a new era of growth for mobile phones. Users are willing to pay more for additional services and many analysts predict that mobile phone handsets will eventually emerge as the dominant technology of the age, combining personal organisers, digital music players and games consoles in a single device. Indeed, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has predicted that mobile phones will supersede the iPod as the favoured way of listening to digital music. The launch of the Apple ipad in 2010 makes this case even more topical. This should form the basis of supplementary questions at the end of the case: How will the iPhone succeed? What about...
Words: 16512 - Pages: 67
...Введение в Политологию Программа учебного курса Российская экономическая школа, совместный бакалавриат РЭШ-ВШЭ, весенний семестр 2014 года (64 часа в аудитории) Преподаватель – Балалаева Дина Яновна, Ph.D. Занятия: лекция - среда, 15:10-16:30, семинар- 13:40-15:00 Консультации – TBA Компетенции, формируемые в результате освоения дисциплины: В результате освоения дисциплины студент должен обладать следующими общекультурными (ОК) и профессиональными компетенциями (ПК): ОК-4, ПК-8, ПК-9 Общий объем аудиторных часов – 64 в том числе: лекции – 32 часа. практические занятия - 32 часа. Промежуточный контроль – статья. Краткая аннотация Данный курс по «Сравнительной политологии» охватывает наиболее важные темы дисциплины и прослеживает развитие методологии от сравнительных кейс-стади до крупномасштабных межвременных исследований и экспериментов на местах. Почему, в среднем, самые богатые страны – демократии? Или, заимствуя вопрос Л. Даймонда (2010), почему мир не знает ни одной арабской демократии? Почему авторитаризм не помешал (помог?) «азиатским тиграм»? Насколько устойчивы гибриды? В чем «секрет эффективности» парламентской формы правления? Почему страны с пропорциональной системой выборов больше тратят на социальные расходы, чем страны с мажоритарной формулой? Производят ли федерации больше технологических инноваций, чем унитарные государства? Каково оптимальное...
Words: 5430 - Pages: 22
...Code: BGP8022 CEO DUALITY-THE COMBINATION OF CHAIRMAN AND CEO ROLES A literature review of different theories and empirical research about CEO Duality. INTRODUCTION Recent financial scandals like Enron, Mobily and WorldCom arise a demand for a better monitoring and controlling structure within the organizations. Conflict of interest between the shareholders and the managers is an on going debate in the literature of corporate governance. In this situation, the board of directors is supposed to be a critical mechanism in supervising the actions of management. Researchers of corporate governance field are well motivated to study about the numerous features of the board of directors based on different theoretical backgrounds. Agency theory and the stewardship theory has been widely used as a theoretical framework by many of these studies. Concerning the board of directors, a developing area of research is whether the CEO and board Chairman roles are split or not to be split (Dey, Ellen and Liu 2011). Agency theory proponent claims that in the best interests of shareholders it is necessary to have a separate Chairman of board and CEO (Nicholson and Kiel 2007). On the contrary, stewardship theory supporters believe in the concept of CEO duality in which the role of CEO and board chair is performed by one person (Abels and Martel 2013). The need for monitoring arises because of the separation of ownership and control. Shareholders, who are the owners of the corporation...
Words: 4334 - Pages: 18
