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Change or Die: the three keys to change at work and in life by Call Number: BF637.C4 D48 2007ISBN: 9780060886899Publication Date: 2007-01-02• Gore, Genevieve "Vieve," 112
• Gore, Wilbert L. "Bill," 111-13
• "Gore-Tex," 112
• W. L. Gore & Associates, 112-15
The Future of Management by Call Number: HD31 .H25 2007ISBN: 9781422102503Publication Date: 2007-09-10• W.L. Gore allowance for discretionary time, 90-91, 94; combination of freedom and accountability, 137; company background, 84-85; company structure, 93-94; difficulty in quantifying benefits of management innovation, 98-99; Gore’s motivation and goal for the company, 85-86; lattice-based company structure, 87-88; leadership system, 88-89; management innovation’s impact on power, 96-97; new product-to-market process, 94-96; performance reviews and compensation, 92-93; voluntary commitments system, 91-92; willingness to be bold, 99
What Matters Now: how to win in a world of relentless change, ferocious competition, and unstoppable innovation by Call Number: HD31 .H253 2012ISBN: 9781118120828Publication Date: 2012-02-01• Gore, Bill, 194, 195, 200
• W.L. Gore & Associates, 126, 190, 193-205
Company of Heroes by Call Number: HD57.7 .S545 1996ISBN: 047105528XPublication Date: 1995-12-21• Having Fun the Bill Gore Way, 96-98
Management Reset: organizing for sustainable effectiveness by Call Number: HD58.9 .L389 2011ISBN: 9780470637982Publication Date: 2011-03-29• W. L. Gore, 9, 128, 134, 148-151, 164-165
Innovation to the Core: a blueprint for transforming the way your company innovates by Call Number: HD58.9 .S556 2008ISBN: 9781422102510Publication Date: 2008-02-12• W.L. Gore, 26, 183, 236-237
Business Without Bosses by Call Number: HD66 .M363 1993ISBN: 0471577006Publication Date: 1993-09-01• Self-Management Without Formal Teams: The Organization as Team, 131-150
Team Work and Group Dynamics by Call Number: HD66 .S747 1999ISBN: 0471197696Publication Date: 1998-10-19• The Team at W.L. Gore & Associates, 177-187
Equity: why employee ownership is good for business by Call Number: HD5650 .R7345 2005ISBN: 1591393310Publication Date: 2005-05-01• W.L. Gore & Associates, 7, 27, 108, 143, 170
Shared Entrepreneurship: A path to engaged employee ownership by Call Number: HD5650 .S484 2014ISBN: 9781137332219Publication Date: 2014-08-13• W.L. Gore & Associates: Developing Global Teams to Meet Twenty-First-Century Challenges, 267-284 (Chapter 14)
Employee Ownership: revolution or ripoff? by Call Number: HD5660.U5 B569 1988ISBN: 0887300650Publication Date: 1988-05-01• W.L. Gore & Associates, 1
Freedom, Inc by Call Number: HD5660.U5 C37 2009ISBN: 0307409384Publication Date: 2009-10-13• Gore, Bill: CEO comparison, 209, 234; desire to change how people work, 4-6, 22; dialog with his leaders, 6, 158; example of nourishing leadership, 158-63; exasperation and admiration experiences, 84; and “formula for falure,” 10-11, 65, 158-59; influence of DuPong, 3-4, 5, 81, 83, 84, 157; as liberating leader, 71, 126, 157-58, 166; and on-time delivery performance, 65, 251; and PTFE, 3-4, 154; starts W.L. Gore & Associates, 4, 14; wire-stripping example, 9-11, 22; See also W.L. Gore & Associates
• Gore, Bob, 7, 14, 253
• Gore, Genevieve, 3, 4
• Gore-Tex, 3, 4, 14, 251
• W.L Gore & Associate: accidental discovery of Gore-Tex, 14; background, 4-14; comparison among companies, 22, 268; cultural continuity issue, 252-53; four principles, 9; as liberated company, 37, 52-52, 262, 264; number of employees, 270; Skunk-Works-type projects, 37, 157; as start-up, 4-5, 268; statistics, 13; See also Gore, Bill
• Workplace freedom: Chardonnay barrel story, 63-64; and company’s strategic vision, 65-66; as one of four principles at W.L. Gore & Associates, 8-9; as ordered liberty, 61; as ownership of company vision, 66-71; what it means, 61; why it works, 272, 273, 274
Companies We Keep by Call Number: HD9715.U54 S682 2008ISBN: 9781603580007Publication Date: 2008-11-08• W. L. Gore Company, 38, 105, 112
Doing Virtuous Business by Call Number: HF5387 .M334 2011ISBN: 9780849947179Publication Date: 2011-03-28
Twisted Leadership: how to engage the full talents of everyone in your organization by Call Number: HD57.7 .M39135 2018ISBN: 9781938548864Publication Date: 2017-09-19• W.L Gore & Associates, 116-120
The Management Shift by Call Number: HD58.8 .H59 2014ISBN: 9781137352941Publication Date: 2014-10-29• W.L. Gore Associates, 45, 60-1
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