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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
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