UID:
kobvindex_INT0002381
Format:
xiv, 316 pages
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illustrations
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19.5 x 13 cm
Edition:
New edition, reprint
ISBN:
9780712678865
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0712678867
Uniform Title:
Virando a própria mesa
Content:
"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."
Content:
"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."
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: originally published in 1993 by Century
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Introduction -- Natural Business -- Fit for Duty -- Dr Dickie -- False Start -- The Go-Go Years -- Keeping Our Balance -- Another Conquest -- Symptoms of Trouble -- Coming About -- By the People -- One Change Leads to Another -- The Trouble with Rules -- When the Bananas Ate the Monkeys -- Too Big for Our Own Good -- Divide and Prosper -- The Inmates Take Over the Asylum -- Sharing the Wealth -- Miles of Files -- Affirmative Actions -- Trading Places -- Minding our own Business -- Hiring and Firing the Boss -- More than a Job -- Rounding the Pyramid -- Name Your Price -- The Public Awaits -- Swelled Heads -- Zero Tolerance -- Thinking for a Living -- Rise and Shine -- Collapse -- Launching Pad -- Rebirth -- Who Needs a No.1? -- Will it Travel? -- 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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LANGUAGE NOTE: translation from the Portuguese language edition: Virando a própria mesa. São Paulo, SP, Brazil : Editora Best Seller, ©1988
Language:
English
Keywords:
Autobiographies
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