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Whole Foods Market is intent upon stimulating the initiatives of workers to do their best and does so by fostering an intense sense of competition and teamwork between small units of employees. Whole Foods understands that it is very difficult for workers to feel motivated 'day in and day out' by a large organization and its vision statement. By breaking down the company into teams to oversee specific departments, a great deal of autonomy is invested in each team. As an organic grocery store, Whole Foods might be presumed to attract independent spirits. Allowing team members to vote on who can join the team creates a reinforcing mechanism to encourage harmony and a personal investment in the company (Hamel 2007). An upbeat...

Stores are decentralized enough to respond to individual market needs but institutional structures reinforce compliance with overall expectations of quality.
Another decentralized organization is Gore-Tex, the chemical manufacturer of the athletic performance fabric (amongst other products). In contrast to Whole Foods, which is decentralized yet has a relatively defined system of titles and teams, at Gore-Tex the management structure is fluid, without layers, titles, and official bosses. This organization also makes use of self-managing teams like Whole Foods and anyone can call a meeting (Hamel 2007. As peer voting is required at Whole Foods to admit employees to teams, likewise it is the case at Gore-Tex. Leaders are judged by the followers they have acquired in a relatively spontaneous fashion; leaders are not appointed by the management to take control. As a…