The Seven-Day Weekend - Hardcover

Semler, R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712677909 ISBN 13: 9780712677905

Publisher: Century, 2003

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

'Ricardo Semler tells how Semco uses a revolutionary way of working to run a profit making company with a work force who love their jobs.’ -- The Sunday Times

‘The Seven-Day Weekend will certainly encourage managers to look very carefully at their management practices.’ -- Rocco Forte, Management Today

‘Ricardo Semler is our kind of capitalist.’ -- Guardian

From the Publisher:

The new book from the author of Maverick! which sold 1.1 million copies worldwide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0712677909
• ISBN 13: 9780712677905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288