| Title : | Maverick : The success story behind the world's most unusual workplace | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Ricardo Semler, Author | | Publisher: | London : Arrow Books | | Publication Date: | 1999 | | Pagination: | xiv, 316 p. | | Layout: | ill. (b & w) | | Size: | 20 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-7126-7886-5 | | General note: | Semco is one of Latin America's fastest-growing companies, acknowledged to be the best in Brazil to work for, and with a waiting list of thousands of applicants waiting to join it. Here, the author shares his secrets, and tells how he tore up the rule books. A new edition containing a new introduction by the author. | | Class number: | 338.0924 | | Abstract: | The international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900% per year! - Workers make decisions previously made by their bosses - Managerial staff set their own salaries and bonuses - Everyone has access to the company books - No formality - a minimum of meetings, memos and approvals - Internal walls torn down - Shopfloor workers set their own productivity targets and schedules Result - Semco is one of Latin America's fastest-growing companies, acknowledged to be the best in Brazil to work for, and with a waiting list of thousands of applicants waiting to join it. Learn Ricardo's secrets and let some of the Semco magic rub off on you and your company. | | Contents note: | Introduction; 1. Natural Business; 2. Fit for Duty; 3. Dr Dickie; 4. False Start; 5. The Go-Go Years; 6. Keeping Our Balance; 7. Another Conquest; 8. Symptoms of Trouble; 9. Coming About; 10. By the People; 11. One Change Leads to Another; 12. Thr Trouble with Rules; 13. When the Bananas Ate the Monkeys; 14. Too Big for Our Own Good; 15. Divide and Prosper; 16. The Inmates Take Over the Asylum; 17. Sharing the Wealth; 18. Miles of Files; 19. Affirmative Actions; 20. Trading Places; 21. Minding our own Business; 22. Hiring and Firing the Boss; 23. More than a Job; 24. Rounding the Pyramid; 25. Name Your Price; 26. The Public Awaits; 27. Swelled Heads; 28. Zero Tolerance; 29. Thinking for a Living; 30. Rise and Shine; 31. Collapse; 32. Launching Pad; 33. Rebirth; 34. Who Needs a No.1?; 35. Will it Travel?; 36. Modern Times; Appendix A. Seen from Below: How Semco employees Evaluate their Supervisors; Appendix B. Time Management; Appendix C. A Semco Lexicon; Appendix D The Survival Manual |
Maverick : The success story behind the world's most unusual workplace [printed text] / Ricardo Semler, Author . - London : Arrow Books, 1999 . - xiv, 316 p. : ill. (b & w) ; 20 cm. ISBN : 978-0-7126-7886-5 Semco is one of Latin America's fastest-growing companies, acknowledged to be the best in Brazil to work for, and with a waiting list of thousands of applicants waiting to join it. Here, the author shares his secrets, and tells how he tore up the rule books. A new edition containing a new introduction by the author. | Class number: | 338.0924 | | Abstract: | The international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900% per year! - Workers make decisions previously made by their bosses - Managerial staff set their own salaries and bonuses - Everyone has access to the company books - No formality - a minimum of meetings, memos and approvals - Internal walls torn down - Shopfloor workers set their own productivity targets and schedules Result - Semco is one of Latin America's fastest-growing companies, acknowledged to be the best in Brazil to work for, and with a waiting list of thousands of applicants waiting to join it. Learn Ricardo's secrets and let some of the Semco magic rub off on you and your company. | | Contents note: | Introduction; 1. Natural Business; 2. Fit for Duty; 3. Dr Dickie; 4. False Start; 5. The Go-Go Years; 6. Keeping Our Balance; 7. Another Conquest; 8. Symptoms of Trouble; 9. Coming About; 10. By the People; 11. One Change Leads to Another; 12. Thr Trouble with Rules; 13. When the Bananas Ate the Monkeys; 14. Too Big for Our Own Good; 15. Divide and Prosper; 16. The Inmates Take Over the Asylum; 17. Sharing the Wealth; 18. Miles of Files; 19. Affirmative Actions; 20. Trading Places; 21. Minding our own Business; 22. Hiring and Firing the Boss; 23. More than a Job; 24. Rounding the Pyramid; 25. Name Your Price; 26. The Public Awaits; 27. Swelled Heads; 28. Zero Tolerance; 29. Thinking for a Living; 30. Rise and Shine; 31. Collapse; 32. Launching Pad; 33. Rebirth; 34. Who Needs a No.1?; 35. Will it Travel?; 36. Modern Times; Appendix A. Seen from Below: How Semco employees Evaluate their Supervisors; Appendix B. Time Management; Appendix C. A Semco Lexicon; Appendix D The Survival Manual |
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