Semler turned his family's business, the aging Semco corporation of Brazil, into the most revolutionary business success story of our time. By eliminating uneeded layers of management and allowing employees unprecedented democracy in the workplace, he created a company that challenged the old ways and blazed a path to success in an uncertain economy.

MAVERICK: THE SUCCESS STORY BEHIND THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL WORKPLACE

Business & Money

RICARDO SEMLER

Management & Leadership

Arrow Books, Ltd.

Email and paperwork have invaded homes. Most people know how to work on Sunday evening. But no one yet knows how to go to the cinema on Monday afternoon. A new way to work is needed. Since "Maverick!" was published, the growth and success of Semco have been explosive: it's now five times bigger than it was four years ago. It has embraced the internet world, expanded in services, and employs 2,300 people, compared to 350 when "Maverick!" was written. A new way of working has emerged at Semco of which the tell-tale signs are: hammocks where people rest during the day, Retire-a-Little Plans, the end of the head office, the abolition of control and boarding school mentality. The results: inordinate success for 20 years, practically non-existent staff turnover, and an organization that covers an enormous range of business activity, from machinery to environmental consulting, and from real estate advisory services to new business start-ups, smoothly and coherently. It's time for a new way to work to be created, and Semco is leading the way. "The Seven Day Weekend" tells the fascinating and unlikely story of how this can be achieved.

The Seven-Day Weekend

Random House]

Email and paperwork have invaded homes. Most people know how to work on Sunday evening, but no one yet knows how to go to the cinema on Monday afternoon. A new way of work is needed. A new way of working has emerged at Semco of which the tell-tale signs are: hammocks where people rest during the day; Retire-a-Little plans; the end of the head office; and the abolition of control and boarding school mentality. The results have been inordinate success for 20 years; practically non-existent turnover; and an organization that covers an enormous range of business activity, from machinery to environmental consulting, and from real estate advisoy services to new business start-ups, smoothly and coherently. It's time for a new way of work to be created. This book shows how this can be achieved.

The Seven-Day Weekend [Apr 01, 2003] Semler, Ricardo

Century Hutchinson*

This is the international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900 per cent 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 are 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.

Maverick : The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace

Das Semco System: Management Ohne Manager ; Das Neue Revolutionäre Führungsmodell

Heyne

A trajetoria do autor e um exemplo de que ousadia e experimentacao sao atitudes positivas nao so para os funcionarios ou clientes, mas para a sociedade em geral. A repercussao desta obra, publicada ate na China, fez de Semler um dos mais respeitados empresarios da America Latina, fato atestado pela sua participacao em simposios internacionais, onde tambem estavam Bill Clinton, Michael Eisner (Disney), Michael Capellas (Compaq), entre outros. Virando... promove a discussao sobre o relacionamento e as diferencas entre multinacionais e empresas brasileiras, aponta os vicios que levam companhias importantes a bancarrota e aconselha pequenas atitudes geradoras de grandes resultados: tirar folga durante metade de um dia qualquer, por exemplo; abolir o cartao de ponto; investir em leitura; encarar os funcionarios como seres humanos. Principios e virtudes que, combinados com o conhecimento de antigas teorias, sao capazes de trazer para o campo da administracao um futuro mais justo e lucrativo. Sempre com humor e reconhecendo erros de percurso, as criticas do autor abrem um amplo debate sobre os conceitos adotados atualmente no Brasil, atingem programas de qualidade total, considerados por ele ineficientes, hierarquias desnecessarias, controles rigidos de pessoal, admissoes e promocoes equivocadas, procedimentos obsoletos e estrategias que nao levam a lugar nenhum, mas usuais nas empresas brasileiras, a maioria atrelada a esquemas familiares e modismos estrangeiros, cada dia mais distantes da realidade do pais.

Virando A Propria Mesa (Em Portugues do Brasil)

ROCCO

Contra La Corriente (Spanish Edition)

Economics

Vergara Editor S.A.

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MAVERICK: THE SUCCESS STORY BEHIND THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL WORKPLACE

The Seven-Day Weekend

The Seven-Day Weekend

The Seven-Day Weekend [Apr 01, 2003] Semler, Ricardo

Maverick : The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace

Das Semco System: Management Ohne Manager ; Das Neue Revolutionäre Führungsmodell

Virando A Propria Mesa (Em Portugues do Brasil)

Contra La Corriente (Spanish Edition)