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What is Morning Star?
In self-managed companies, who makes decisions?
Can employees tell other employees what to do in self-managed companies?
What motivates and empowers workers in self-managed companies?
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What is the estimated cost of management and bureaucracy in hierarchies on the US economy?
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Who is held accountable for work performance in self-managed companies?
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Does self-management work for everyone?
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What does self-management allow employees to do?
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Who can progress and achieve their goals in self-managed companies?
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What is the potential downside of self-management?
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Study Notes
- Some companies have experimented with self-management without bosses.
- Morning Star, a Californian tomato grower, is one of the first companies to successfully implement self-management.
- In self-managed companies, decisions are made by all employees equally without coercion.
- Employees cannot tell other employees what to do, and everything is based on requesting someone to act and them responding.
- This way of working motivates and empowers workers, but some employees may be left behind if they are not as quick to develop.
- All workers are held accountable for their work performance.
- Excess cost of management and bureaucracy in hierarchies cost the US economy an estimated 3 trillion dollars every year.
- Self-management may not work for everyone, and some workers may prefer to be managed.
- Self-management allows employees to make their own commitments.
- Workers who take full advantage of self-management can progress and achieve their goals.
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