Business Without Bosses: How Self-Managing Teams Are Building High- Performing Companies - Hardcover

Manz, Charles C.; Sims, Henry P.

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9780471577003: Business Without Bosses: How Self-Managing Teams Are Building High- Performing Companies

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ISBN 10: 0471577006 ISBN 13: 9780471577003

Publisher: Wiley, 1993

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The Truth About Teams

"If you're considering self-managing teams for your own business, Business Without Bosses should be on your reading list."
—Managing Office Technology

"Anyone who wants to become or stay a manager needs to master this book's practical and philosophical lessons."
—Allan R. Cohen Vice President, Academic Affairs, Babson College and author, The Portable MBA in Management and Influence without Authority

"The 'real-world' case studies will appeal to executives who need answers, not theory, about self-managed teams."
—William Band Vice President, Rath & Strong, Inc., management consultants and the author of Creating Value for Customers and Touchstones

This insider's tour shows you how organizations including Texas Instruments, IDS Financial Services, and W. L. Gore & Associates have discarded the old concept of "boss" and flourished with a new and effective team management style. Charles C. Manz, Ph.D. and Henry P. Sims, Jr., Ph.D., the authors of SuperLeadership, use real-world examples of success and failure to guide you through the intricacies of teamwork in a variety of service and manufacturing settings and in all stages of development.

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A guide to understanding and implementing the essential building block for success in business: self-managing teams. . .

Business without bosses? It sounds like a great idea, but is it possible in an age of top-heavy management and no-holds-barred competition? Charles Manz and Henry Sims think so, and in Business Without Bosses they show that with self-managing teams the ideal is not only possible but practical and profitable. Consider, for example: The paper mill that used teams to achieve the quality and productivity that marked the most successful start-up in the history of the paper industry.

The mutual fund that reduced crisis telephone response time from 7 1/2 minutes to 13 seconds.

The semi-conductor manufacturer that increased products shipped by 150% over a ten year period while it reduced direct operating employees by 20%.

These are just a few of the success stories you'll find in this follow-up to Manz and Sims' acclaimed Superleadership. Business Without Bosses explains how leaders, not bosses, are essential to making the team concept work. Through in-depth stories, this "second generation" book about teams teaches you about the operations, setbacks, and successes of self-managing teams in both manufacturing and service companies. And you'll find out how to develop the leadership skills that enable teams to manage themselves and achieve the quality and productivity needed in today's competitive business environments.

About the Author:

Charles C. Manz, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Management at Arizona State University.

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