Uh, the article is about Semler, not Drucker....
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 18:32:40 -0200, Luiz Esmiralha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Keith,
>
> Ricardo is a visionnary. I wouldn't use him as an example of the
> average businessman in Brazil.
> About the self-directed workers, Drucker has talked about it since the
> eighties. He preaches the end of middle management and the creation of
> self-directed, project-oriented, cross-functional teams.
>
> Follows the link to an article about him:
> http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1397,1569009,00.asp
>
> Cheers,
> Luiz
>
>
>
> On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 20:21:39 -0000, C. Keith Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Recently read Ricardo Semler's book "The Seven-Day Weekend", which
> > describes his
> > unusually democratic company, Semco. Even though he's CEO, his
> > projects can get out-
> > voted and un-funded by the employees. Much of what he described
> > sounded like Agile
> > methods (self-directed workers) applied to an entire company --
> > including not writing
> > down stuff [like "five-year plans"] on paper.
> >
> > Semco is based in Brazil, but seems to have joint ventures
> > internationally.
> >
>
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