--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Luiz Esmiralha
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:24:31 -0000, jhrothjr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > The actual form should probably be more
> > of a cooperative. Unions, per se, are
> > basically reactive.
> >
> Problem is: cooperatives have been perverted into a way of avoiding
> taxes and getting rich. Usually, all the "profit" should be
> distributed to the members equally, but it doesn't happen that way.
> Cooperatives are pratically banned in Brazil for this reason.
Recently read Ricardo Semler's book "The Seven-Day Weekend", which
describes his
unusually democratic company, Semco. Even though he's CEO, his
projects can get out-
voted and un-funded by the employees. Much of what he described
sounded like Agile
methods (self-directed workers) applied to an entire company --
including not writing
down stuff [like "five-year plans"] on paper.
Semco is based in Brazil, but seems to have joint ventures
internationally.
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