Researcher Rune Kvist Olsen has submitted another research paper in which he introduces “The Equal Dignity Organizational Concept.” The research paper can be accessed here.
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The Equal Dignity Organization
Posted in Democratic Principles, workplace democracy, tagged equal dignity organization, workplace democracy on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tom Sutcliffe on pro-democracy uprisings in the workplace
Posted in Democratic Principles, workplace democracy, tagged bosses and democracy, democracy at work, Democratic Principles, workplace democracy on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tom Sutcliffe, a columnist at The Independent, makes an interesting comparison between the dictatorial conditions that people in the Middle East are currently protesting and the similar atmosphere which we westerners willingly work under work each day. Sutcliffe mentions that “it seems odd that people will endure, within the framework of a firm or an [...]
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus on “making everyone the CEO of something”
Posted in Democratic Principles, workplace democracy, tagged CEO of everything, Marc Pincus, workplace democracy, Zynga on October 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In an interview with Fast Company, Mark Pincus discussed the meaning of his philosophy of “making everyone the CEO of something.” Pincus is founder and CEO of Zynga, a popular online gaming company whose products include FarmVille and Mafia Wars. Here is how the Zynga CEO explained his “making everyone the CEO of something” democratic [...]
Apple falters because of Steve Jobs top-down management style
Posted in Democratic Companies, workplace democracy, tagged Steve Jobs Apple iPhone 4 antenna reception problems on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Apple Inc. has been receiving a lot of negative publicity about the iPhone 4′s antenna reception problems following the device’s launch on June 24. In a surprising development, the Wall Street Journal reported that “Apple engineers were aware of the risks associated with the new antenna design as early as a year ago, but Chief [...]
Workplace Democracy: the secret to Warren Buffet’s investment success?
Posted in Democratic Principles, workplace democracy, tagged democratic workplace, Management Innovation, Warren Buffett investment secret workplace democracy, workplace democracy at Berkshire Hathaway on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of Warren Buffett’s best-kept investment secrets might be that he practices workplace democracy in managing his subsidiary companies. Few people may be aware that this innovative management strategy has contributed to the phenomenal success of Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings. Unlike most other conglomerates, whose executives exert tight control over their subsidiary companies and often make the [...]
Professor calls hierarchical, top-down management ‘outdated’
Posted in Democratic Principles, Management Innovation, workplace democracy, tagged democratic company, democratic workplace, enlightened leadership, Fischler School of Education and Human Services, Leadership in High-Performance Organizational Cultures, Management Innovation, Miami Herald, Nova Southeastern University, Stanley Truskie, workplace democracy on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Stanley D. Truskie, a program professor at the Fischler School of Education and Human Services, Nova Southeastern University, and author of Leadership in High-Performance Organizational Cultures, wrote an opinion in the Miami Herald where he called for a new, “enlightened” style of management. Truskie recommends the following leadership practices to help companies quickly adapt and [...]
Owner gives company to employees on 81st birthday
Posted in democratic company, Democratic Principles, employee-owned companies, Management Innovation, workplace democracy, tagged Bob Moore gives Bob's Red Mill company to employees as ESOP, Democratic Companies, employee ownership at Bob's Red Mill, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Management Innovation, Operations VP Dennis Vaughn, sharing ownership, workplace democracy on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bob Moore, the owner of Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods celebrated his 81st birthday by giving the company that he founded to his employees. Moore announced the new Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) at an all-company meeting at the headquarters office in Milwaukie, Oregon. Moore said, “It’s been my dream all along to turn this [...]
An argument against ‘totalitarian’ IT policies
Posted in democracy at work, Democratic Principles, employee engagement, Gary Hamel, Management Innovation, workplace democracy, tagged creativity, engagement, Gary Hamel, innovation, IT departments, IT policies, Management 2.0 blog, Management Innovation, productivity, totalitarian IT policies on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In his Management 2.0 blog, Gary Hamel shares some thought-provoking questions about counterintuitive, yet common, IT policies that seem to discourage productivity and innovation: How is it that companies are willing to trust employees with their customers, their expensive equipment, and their cash, but are unwilling to trust them when it comes to using the [...]
The end of the ‘rock star’ CEO
Posted in democracy at work, Democratic Principles, Management Innovation, workplace democracy, tagged anonymous bosses, Bob Nardelli of Home Depot, Carly Fiorina of Hewlett-Packard, decentralized democratic organizational model, Democratic Companies, Democratic Principles, Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco, Jeff Skilling of Enron, Management Innovation, rock star CEOs, Sarbanes-Oxley, the cult of the faceless boss, top-down hierarchcal system, workplace democracy, workplace jerks on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A story published earlier this month on the Economist discussed the recent trend of companies preferring “anonymous” bosses to the “rock star” CEOs who were popular in previous decades. “The corporate world is increasingly rejecting imperial chief executives in favour of anonymous managers.” We believe that this shift represents another stage in the ongoing evolution [...]
Michael Moore, ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ and Workplace Democracy
Posted in democracy at work, Democratic Companies, employee engagement, employee-owned companies, Management Innovation, open-book management, workplace democracy, tagged Brainpark, Capitalism: A Love Story, Capitalism: A Love Story and workplace democracy, capitalist economic model, company ownership structure, DaVita, Democratic Companies, democratic company, engage and motivate employees, innovative management strategy, maintain a competitive advantage, Michael Moore, Michael Moore and workplace democracy, open-book management, shared decision making, South Mountain, W.L. Gore and Associates, worker-owned cooperatives, workplace democracy as an alternative model to capitalism on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Capitalism: A Love Story, the 2009 documentary movie directed by Michael Moore, criticizes the current economic order in the United States and capitalism in general while covering the financial crisis of 2007–2009 and the recovery stimulus. In his movie, Moore highlights workplace democracy as an alternative model to capitalism. Many would argue that workplace democracy [...]
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