The Seven-Day Weekend

by R Semler (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.25

  Email and paperwork have invaded homes. Most people know how to work on Sunday evening, but no one yet knows how to go to the cinema on Monday afternoon. A new way of work is needed. A new way of working has emerged at Semco of which the tell-tale signs are: hammocks where people rest during the day; Retire-a-Little plans; the end of the head office; and the abolition of control and boarding school mentality. The results have been inordinate success for 20 years; practically non-existent turnover; and an organization that covers an enormous range of business activity, from machinery to environmental consulting, and from real estate advisoy services to new business start-ups, smoothly and coherently. It's time for a new way of work to be created. This book shows how this can be achieved.
• Prizes: ','1','ChildrenBookAge: ','Book Overview: The new book from the author of Maverick! which sold 1.1 million copies worldwide.','Ricardo Semler tells how Semco uses a revolutionary way of working to run a profit making company with a work force who love their jobs * The Sunday Times *
  The Seven-Day Weekend will certainly encourage managers to look very carefully at their management practices -- Rocco Forte * Management Today *
  Ricardo Semler is our kind of capitalist * The Guardian *','Ricardo Semler has won international fame for creating the world\'s most unusual workplace and lectures all over the world.');">

  Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.25

  In The Seven-Day Weekend, Semler explains how he transformed a small family business into a highly profitable manufacturing, services and high-tech powerhouse - 40 times larger - while watching his favorite movies or relaxing with his son in the middle of the business day. Praise for The Seven-Day Weekend'Are there real-life lessons to be learned? The answer is yes-Pragmatic, inspirational and intriguing advice' The Times'Ricardo Semler is our kind of capitalist.' Guardian'In this book, Ricardo Semler tells how Semco, Latin America's fastest growing company, uses a revolutionary way of working to run a profit making company with a work force who love their jobs.' The Sunday Times'The Seven-Day Weekend challenges conventional approaches to work. It sparks ideas that can be applied to one's own business [and] will certainly encourage managers to look very carefully at their management practices.' Rocco Forte, Management TodayPraise for Ricardo Semler's Maverick!'Semco takes workplace democracy to previously unimagined frontiers' The Times'His egalitarian approach works like a dream' Today
• Prizes: ','1','ChildrenBookAge: ','Book Overview: The new book from the author of Maverick! which sold 1.1 million copies worldwide.','Ricardo Semler tells how Semco uses a revolutionary way of working to run a profit making company with a work force who love their jobs * The Sunday Times *
  The Seven-Day Weekend will certainly encourage managers to look very carefully at their management practices -- Rocco Forte * Management Today *
  Ricardo Semler is our kind of capitalist * The Guardian *','Ricardo Semler has won international fame for creating the world\'s most unusual workplace and lectures all over the world.');">

  New

  Paperback
  2004

  $13.80

  In The Seven-Day Weekend, Semler explains how he transformed a small family business into a highly profitable manufacturing, services and high-tech powerhouse - 40 times larger - while watching his favorite movies or relaxing with his son in the middle of the business day. Praise for The Seven-Day Weekend'Are there real-life lessons to be learned? The answer is yes-Pragmatic, inspirational and intriguing advice' The Times'Ricardo Semler is our kind of capitalist.' Guardian'In this book, Ricardo Semler tells how Semco, Latin America's fastest growing company, uses a revolutionary way of working to run a profit making company with a work force who love their jobs.' The Sunday Times'The Seven-Day Weekend challenges conventional approaches to work. It sparks ideas that can be applied to one's own business [and] will certainly encourage managers to look very carefully at their management practices.' Rocco Forte, Management TodayPraise for Ricardo Semler's Maverick!'Semco takes workplace democracy to previously unimagined frontiers' The Times'His egalitarian approach works like a dream' Today