One of the pioneering firms in the use of team-based approaches to job design is W. L. Gore & Associates. Gore & Associates has made Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for eleven consecutive years. Gore & Associates is one of only three firms that have made every list published by Fortune. The purpose of this critical thinking exercise is to garner valuable insight specific to the unique organizational work environment at Gore & Associates. Likewise, this document will address and respond to a series of questions in reference to the corporate culture at W.L Gore. Upon completion of said assessment of Gore & Associates, personal reflection will be given as to whether this is an organization someone would find a compelling targeted career opportunity. W. L. Gore & Associates - Corporate Summary W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. is a privately-held company headquartered in Newark, Delaware. Founded in 1958, W. L. Gore & Associates has built a worldwide reputation for ethics and integrity in its dealings with customers, suppliers, and internal associates, and for taking a strategic view when it comes to assessing business opportunities. Gore & Associates employs approximately 9,000 individuals, referred to as associates, in 30 different countries. Gore maintains manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom and China (www.gore.com/aboutus, 2011). Gore’s fluoropolymer products provide innovative solutions throughout industry, in next-generation electronics, for medical products, and with high-performance fabrics. While they are probably best known for their line of protective outerwear, known as GORE-TEX®, the entire suite of products under the Gore brand are distinguished in th... ... middle of paper ... ... with a non specific answer. The truth of the matter is that Gore, as a whole, is certainly an organization that represents morality, fairness, good business and competition. How could someone not want to be part of that? Works Cited Gore & Associates. (2011). Gore: About us. Retrieved from: www.gore.com/aboutus/ Gore & Associates. (2011). Gore: Environmental responsibility statement. Retrieved from: http://www.gore.com/en_xx/aboutus/environmental/env-responsibility.html Gore & Associates. (2011). Gore: Our culture. Retrieved from: http://www.gore.com/en_xx/aboutus/culture/index.html Kinicki, A., & Kreitner, R. (2009). Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills & Best Practices (fourth addition). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin Publishing Xerox. (2011). Creating a great workplace. Retrieved from: www.xeroxcareers.com/working-xerox/diversity/
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In a photogragh produced by the Democratic party of 1999/2000 situated ethos was used to promote Al Gore. He was vice president in the same year the advertisement was promoting him, and was using his reputation as vice president to run for president. So it was only fitting that Al Gore would be centered in the photograph. He was not the main focus of the photograph, but definitely big part of the advertisement.
Gore was a strong supporter of the "information superhighway" (which would later come to be known as he internet), which was currently a fiber-optic based network that could connect people to sources of information, education, and entertainment. "Al Gore" by Betty Burford, is an adequate account of the subject's life until 1994. It begins with a chapter on the 1992 Democratic National Convention, where the author states Al Gore as a candidate for Vice-President of the United States. Then in short chapters she describes in great detail his early life through his well-known political career. The book explains his ups and downs through life as well as his triumphs and obstacles he faced.
He is determined to keep George W. Bush from messing up what he has helped create in the last eight years. So again we are seeing the issue of the economy. We have also seen some negative ad campaigning by Gore. He released two ads that were aired prior to the start of the Republican National Convention. The ads accused Bush of restricting health care to children and allowing Texas to become the smog capital.
...uct their own projects, more emphasis should be placed on massive research ventures to create new products to put on the market as soon as possible. Finally, although the unusual organization of Gore has obviously benefited the company in many ways throughout its history, changes should be made to prevent turnover, especially among recently hired associates. Many associates that are lost in the first months after being hired have potential value to the company if more practices were undertaken to help guide them in their first months, at least until they were more comfortable with the unique work environment of Gore. Overall, W. L. Gore & Associates is in a very good position to continue on its current profits streak in the 21st century, and has relatively few problems to deal with in order to ensure that its profitable position will endure for generations to come.
...h the bureaucracy of larger organizations. The fact that most of Gore employees are generalists may prompt them to create relationships with consultants, contractors, or external companies with their own type of work specialization. These relationships may also be created, designed, or developed depending on the level of technology needed by Gore as well.
Al Gore, a known environmentalist and politician who is also well known for being an extremist. Though an extremist Al Gore comes from the right place and has good intentions. Extremists tend to be extremists because they are not the majority. The issue of Climate change is so important yet can be a laughing matter to many people especially in politics. When an issue is so large
Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A., (2004). Organizational Behavior (6th ed.). New York: McGraw- Hill/Irwin. pp. 406- 441.
Kinicki, A., & Kreitner, R. (2009). Organizational behavior: Key concepts, skills and best practices (customized 4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
An Inconvenient Truth, was a very eye opening film. Firstly, Al Gore establishes the ethos of a public servant whose concern stems from ethical and moral rather than political motivation.Last but not least, He uses his personal experiences as a father and brother to stress the deep commitment he has to this issue. In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore wants to reach a large audience, particularly nonscientists, to stress the urgency of responding to global warming.
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Despite all the documented evidence of global warming, there are still those that believe that global warming does not exist. These skeptics are convinced that global warming was just a political platform used by Al Gore during his presidential campaign in 2000. One of the reasons Gore was criticized for his theory was because he made predictions associated with global warming that did not happen. For example he predicted that the Artic would be ice-free by 2013. He claimed the Pacific Islands were drowning and polar bears were dying.
Osland, J. S., Kolb, D. A., Rubin, I. M., & Turner, M. E. (Eds.). (2007). The organizational behavior: An experiential approach (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Subpoint A: Not long ago, a documentary film called “An Inconvenient truth” came out in 2006. This film raised international public awareness of climate change and reenergizing the environmental movement. A former U.S Vice president Al Gore campaigned to educate citizens about global warming through a simp...
Gore, Albert. Our Choice: a Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2009. Print.