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The mustread summary of ricardo semlers book maverick. Rocco forte, management todaypraise for ricardo semlers maverick. Any endorsement on a back cover by charles handy is going to get my vote but this book exceeded my expectations. The success story behind the worlds most unusual workplace by ricardo semler 1993. The success story behind the worlds most unusual workplace. The book is semiautobiographical in style, a sort of catcher in the rye meets peter drucker, in that it plots the course of the semco company through the eyes of ricardo semler and reveals the.
Semco is a weird brazilian company known for its modern hr practices. It revived my faith in human beings and my hope for business everywhere charles handy in this book, ricardo semler tells how semco, latin americas fastest growing company, uses a. There are several used copies on amazon marketplace as well as new copies too. His father resigned as ceo and vested majority ownership in his son in 1980. Not only did he turn the company round, he made it an outstanding success. Semco takes workplace democracy to previously unimagined frontiers the timeshis. Maverick is an international bestseller which was first published in 1993. Ricardo semler is an amazing man, he writes very well. The success behind the worlds most unusual workplace amazon link, ricardo semler tells the story of how he converted a traditionally structured business into one without walls and rules. The success story behind the worlds most unusual workplace semler, ricardo on. The success story behind the worlds most unusual workplace was recommended to me by an rspa var member ive had conversations with over the.
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It revived my faith in human beings and my hope for business. Imagine a company where employees set their own hours. The way that ricardo semler runs his company is impossible. Ricardo semler born 1959 in sao paulo is the ceo and majority owner of semco partners, a brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate reengineering. Maverick, the success story behind the worlds most. The success story behind the worlds most unusual workshop author name. Ricardo semler took over his fathers company, semco founded in 1954, at the age of 19.
This book is featured in our business books for excellence page, a collection of the best books to help you work, communicate and manage better. Heres a summary of the book together with my impressions. Semler has reduced his involvement in semco in the past decade to pursue other activities. Though while reading, it seems too much when he keeps praising his tactics. Hes ricardo semler and here are his top 10 rules for success. What is however strikingly clear in reading the volume, is that this is not a book about wishywashy newage familyfriendliness. It takes the idea of participative management to new levels and demonstrates, through the evolution of.
Written in an almost exhausting machine gun style, ricardo semler turns most business. Sevenday weekend is the second english book by richardo semler, the ceo of semco. The statements below are key points of the book as determined by james altfeld and have been made. In maverick, ricardo semler describes how he transformed the company that he inherited from his father at the start of the 1980s from a conventional hierarchical structure into a business with a circular structure in which there are only three levels, where business units are broken down into small autonomous units, shopfloor workers set their own production targets and schedules and where managers even determine their own level of pay and benefits.
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Guardianin this book, ricardo semler tells how semco, latin americas fastest growing. Bbc world service learning english business english. Publication date 1993 topics semler, ricardo, 1959. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. As leader of his familys company, semco, ricardo semler was able to turn its economic outcomes completely around. The sevenday weekend by ricardo semler waterstones. He wrote a book maverick on his experience at semco which became a worldwide bestseller in 1993. Amazing real life story of a young man ricardo semler and his company slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. The following is a highlighted summary of the book, maverick, published by warner books.
Ricardo semler the success story behind the worlds most unusual workplace hard cover pages. Ricardo semler, author and business manager, is celebrated as a role model of a chief executive who breaks all the traditional rules and succeeds, massively. Hes my idol ive read his books and followed his work and im a fan. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. The international bestseller that tells how semler tore up the rule books and defied inflation running at up to 900% per year. Maverick by ricardo semler, 9780712678865, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ricardo semler is a champion of the employeefriendly radical corporate democracy he implemented as ceo of semco partners for over 20 years. Ricardo semler, the maverick from brazil knowledge maverick. Workers make the decisions previously made by their bosses managerial staff.
I first heard of maverick author ricardo semler when i came across a blurb for his new book called the sevenday weekend in a copy of inc magazine a few. For the ceo or business owner, the framework presented and real world examples make maverick a worthwhile read. Maverick the success story behind the worlds most unusual workplace ebook written by ricardo semler. The success behind the worlds most unusual workplace. The book relates the management succession and increasingly unorthodox ethos of semco, which grew to become one of brazils largest conglomerates. The success story behind the worlds most unusual workplace is a business autobiography by ricardo semler published in 1993 by warner books. Guardianin this book, ricardo semler tells how semco, latin americas fastest growing company, uses a revolutionary way of working to run a profit making company with a work force who love their jobs.
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