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. > To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
