W L Gore Is the Company That Created Gore-Tex Among Many

question 61

Multiple Choice

W. L. Gore is the company that created Gore-Tex among many other innovative products. Gore employees (known as associates) don't have titles or bosses in the traditional sense. Instead, associates make commitments to work on projects that they believe are most worthy of their time. At Gore, few leaders are appointed; leaders simply emerge as needed by the other employees or the project itself. Since the firm has been extremely successful since its inception, you can assume that Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory would predict Gore's employees have:

• A)a high degree of worker readiness
• B)strong goal congruence
• C)a high degree of worker synergy
• D)strong concern for people
• E)strong concern for production

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