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Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace (Paperback)

by Ricardo Semler (Author)
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  • Paperback: 322 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (7 Jul 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099329417
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099329411
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 122,072 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'The way that Ricardo Semler runs his company is impossible; except that it works, and works splendidly for everyone. I relish this book. It revived my faith in human beings and my hope for business everywhere' Charles Handy --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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‘Semco takes workplace democracy to previously unimagined frontiers’ --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best management practice now made easy!, 9 Oct 2004
By Jack Feeney-Author / Analyst (On a Space Orbit - SPACE) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Maverick!: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace (Paperback)
As a management consultant I found this book very useful indeed - much of it is directly applicable to shop-floor and pressure-politics situations - the 20-page cartoon "rulebook" at the end is more than worth the price of the book itself - buy it! And if you have the courage, apply what it says, too: It's been known for some time that organizations are designed according to "command and control" principles that very poorly match how humans are really built to behave. More complex self-ordering behavior is always observed when any lack of hierarchy exists, and the hierarchies that do emerge tend to be more effective than those that were designed by managers with experience in previous eras. Semler just chose to trust it more than, say, Tom Peters. Prof. Nicholson, head of London Business School recently wrote (in the Harvard Business Review) that Semler's model was the only one to really respect "stone age nature" of human behavior (the many insights from evolutionary psychology that tell us that we're far more often feeling our way through decisions than thinking our way through).

Semlers assessment of Human Resource Management (HRM) practice is truly radical but built on a foundation of good management practice and a healthy dose of common sense. HRM managers and departments confuse traditional and successful hierarchies and should be the first thing to be axed if any organisation is serious about survival in the 21st Century.

Excellent book and guide, highly practical and an enjoyable read.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 17 Dec 2002
By Zahid Malik (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Maverick!: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace (Paperback)
I love this book. It doesn't read read like a business book at all but is more like a fascinating biography. I would recommend it to anyone not just people with an interest in business. I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I've probably bought around 50 copies of this book (over the years) for friends and colleagues.

Wonderful you must read it.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring!, 2 Jul 2002
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This review is from: Maverick!: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace (Paperback)
I've read a lot of success story business books - many of them are full of motivational phrases which mean very little; many of them are badly written (just because someone is successful in business doesn't make them a great writer!).

This book is different. You can really feel the author's vision through his writing. As well as talking about his philosophy he gives concrete examples of how he implemented his ideas. Also, he tells us all his mistakes and how he learnt from them. I found this inspiring as I've realised you don't have to be perfect from the start to create something amazing.

You must read this!

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