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David Erdal
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Bodley Head (3 Mar 2011)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1847921094
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847921093
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 2.1 x 23.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 136,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This is by far the best book to explain democratic employee ownership to business people and to the owners of family firms who might be consider a sale to the employees. David Erdal has "walked the walk" by arranging for the successful sale of his large family business to the employees so he speaks with a convincing authority on the matter. He masterfully spells out the arguments on economic, managerial, political, and social psychological grounds for democratic worker ownership. This combination of real world experience and interdisciplinary understanding of the issues makes this the book on democratic employee ownership.
--David Ellerman

'This is a significant piece of work and I expect it to play an important part in creating a different ownership landscape in the years to come.'
--Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Energy & Tourism: The Scottish Parliament

'Erdal convincingly exposes the gross errors in the conventional models economists use to describe people and businesses (which he labels `just-so stories'), and describes how and why employee-owned businesses are superior to publicly listed companies in every way. The book is an easy read, jam-packed with quotable passages.' --Bella Caledonia Blog, R. Eric Swanepoel

'Already looks like being one of the most influential business books of the year' --Scotsman

'BEYOND THE CORPORATION gives a breathtaking overview of employee ownership over the years and across the continents and provides a passionate argument of the case for employee ownership. It should be compulsory reading, not just for those of us on the inside, but for any student of economics, sociology, business or politics.'
--Carole Leslie, Policy Director, Employee Ownership Association

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A blueprint for the 21st-century business: where employees share ownership, information and profits of the businesses where they work.

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A fascinating read ... a book that challenges traditional economists. Written in an highly engaging manner, it lays out the evidence for employee ownership. A business model that engages with and enriches human capital. A model that outperforms the competition. It explores the fallacies - highlighting common errors in reasoning. Rich with examples of employee ownership in action - from across the UK and internationally - John Lewis, Tullis Russell, Loch Fyne Oysters, Arup, Scott Bader, Publix, SAIC and many more. A book for our time - that draws a wealth of experience and learning into one easily digestible read. Very much recommended.
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Since I posted the short review below I have written a far longer version, which you may find on my blog [...]

There is little point in repeating what the other reviewers have written so let me just add that it fits beautifully with Bruce K, Alexander's "The Globalization of Addiction, A Study in Poverty of the Spirit" [...] and Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's "The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone" [...] I have had the pleasure of meeting Erdal, Alexander and Wilkinson, and of alerting the latter two to each other's remarkably complementary work. I recommend looking at The Equality Trust website for a quick overview of Wilkinson and Pickett's work [...].

All three books will leave you excited and outraged: "Of course, it's so bleeding obvious what's gone wrong! Now we must fix it!" Please read them and pass the word on. The revolution is possibly starting now!
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This is a ground-breaking book offering a much more human alternative to having distant and anonymous shareholders owning companies with little or no interest in the people who have to make the organisation work. It should be of great interest to managers and employees everywhere who have ever asked themselves - why should I have to work so hard to make someone else rich? David Erdal is also a great writer and this book scores high on the readability scale. It contains masses of evidence that this alternative is already working well in many organisations and should provide another boost to employee ownership. Paul KearnsThe Value Motive: The Only Alternative to the Profit Motive
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