Managing Without Managers by Ricardo Semler Harvard Business Review Reprint 89509 HBR SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1989 Managing Without Managers by Ricardo Semler I n Brazil‚ where paternalism and the family business fiefdom still flourish‚ I am president of a manufacturing company that treats its 800 employees like responsible adults. Most of them—including factory workers—set their own working hours. All have access to the company books. The vast majority vote on many important
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Salmon Without Rivers: A Summary The story of the Pacific salmon is a tragic one. Humans have consistently created conditions that threaten the livelihood of the salmon. Yet the salmon continue to fight despite the assault that has taken place on their habitat for over 150 years. In Salmon Without Rivers‚ Jim Lichatowich (1999) explores this assault as well as discusses man’s attempt to restore salmon to the Pacific Northwest. His detailed analysis of the history of the Pacific salmon sheds
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The Man without a Face is just another movie in the countless that illustrate the four major themes from the exodus story‚ slavery‚ exodus‚ covenant and Promised Land. In the beginning of the movie‚ the main character‚ Charles Norstadt. or Chuck feels a lack of freedom. He has a dysfunctional family with two annoying half-sisters from different fathers‚ and a mother who is on the brink of a fifth marriage. His mother tells him that marrying his father was a mistake‚ and he fails the exam to the boarding
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29-Oct-13 Mrs. Haddad Tina L. Brictson "Nuit Blanche" Passion without Barriers Nuit Blanche describes a fleeting moment between two strangers as they experience love at first sight. They overcome obstacles to reach one another. For instance‚ the woman breaking through glass‚ and the man damaging a car and meeting her in one piece. This visually appealing short film is old-fashioned based on the lack of color‚ and the dress of the two main characters. The setting itself‚ transforms right
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Learning hardly takes place without teaching. Also‚ it is impossible to imagine teaching without technology especially in 21st century onwards. Along with technological development the way of teaching and learning is being changed. Because‚ people especially youth remained bond to technological devices such as smart
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VENERATION WITH UNDERSTANDING- MALAY 1. Attempts to downgrade Rizal have not ceased completely 74 years after his death. More unfortunately‚ those who would downgrade him and picture him as a false hero are his own countrymen. 2. “The wounds that had been inflicted by foreigners were painful‚ but more painful are the wounds still being inflicted on his memory by his own countrymen.” 3. The main argument of the home-grown detractors of Rizal is this: Since Rizal did not lead the revolution
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People may be surprised to know that makeup has its own past. In fact there is a long history of makeup that has led it to the point where it is today. Pharaohs and great queens of Egypt wore‚ makeup thousands of years ago and while it wasn’t composed of the same materials‚ they still used it in similar ways as people do today. Women and men have been wearing cosmetics for over centuries and still are now in days. The styles have certainly undergone some dramatic changes over time but makeup is still
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cannot live a day without. Some people can’t live a day without coffee‚ some without any sleep‚ while some without friends. Just think about the possible destructive outcome that might occur when people get deprived of those or of anything that the humankind would not entirely be without. Try to imagine a world without a specific medium of exchange‚ a main determinant of an economy‚ an equivalent for goods and services – money. How will the economy‚ neigh‚ the world exactly be without the existence of
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errors that occur in the nursing field‚ a nurse that lacks thinking may still make mistakes. It is imperative for all nurses to understand the significance of thinking. About a week ago in clinical I witnessed an overworked RN practicing nursing without thinking. It was one of my fellow students that actually pointed it out to me. He noticed that she hung an IV antibiotic‚ but forgot to first mix the drug together. Although the nurse believed that the patient was successfully hooked up the IV and
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It is hard for me to imagine my life in a world without brands. How could it be possible? In my opinion a world without brands it is like imagine a world‚ where the people hasn’t got a name‚ a world where people have no identity. A world without brands would be impersonal‚ and products wouldn’t be differentiable. To sum up‚ communication wouldn’t be possible. It would be impossible to identify the products‚ so how could we explain what we want to buy or consume? We receive through the brands
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