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The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated: The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company
The Great Game of Business Expanded and Updated The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company Author:Jack Stack, Bo Burlingham In the early 1980s, Springfield Remanufacturing��Corporation (SRC) in Springfield, Missouri, was a��near bankrupt division of International Harvester.��That's when a green young manager, Jack Stack,��took over and turned it around. He didn't know how to��"manage" a company, but he did know about the��principal, of athletic competition and democr... more »acy:��keeping score, having fun, playing fair, providing��choice, and having a voice. With these principals��he created his own style of management --��open-book management. The key is to let everyone in on��financial decisions. At SRC, everyone learns how to��read a P&L -- even those without a high school��education know how much the toilet paper they use��cuts into profits. SRC people have a piece of the��action and a vote in company matters. Imagine��having a vote on your bonus and on what businesses the��company should be in. SRC restored the dignity of��economic freedom to its people. Stack's��"open-book management" is the key -- a system��which, as he describes it here, is literally��a game, and one so simple anyone can use��it. As part of the Currency paperback line, the��book includes a "User's Guide" -- an��introduction and discussion guide created for the��paperback by the author -- to help readers make��practical use of the book's ideas. Jack Stack is the��president and CEO of the Springfield Remanufacturing��Corporation, in Springfield, Missouri. The recipient��of the 1993 Business Enterprise Trust Award, Jack��speaks throughout the country on The��Great Game Of Business and Open��Book Management.« less
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