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The Seven-day Weekend

A new way of working has emerged at Semco: hammocks where people rest during the day, Retire-a-Little Plans, the end of the head office, and more.... more
Subtitle:
A better way to work in the 21st century
Author:
Ricardo Semler
Format:
Softcover
Edition:
New edition
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Short description

A new way of working has emerged at Semco: hammocks where people rest during the day, Retire-a-Little Plans, the end of the head office, and more. The results: inordinate success for 20 years, and an organization that covers an enormous range of business activity. This book tells the fascinating and unlikely story of how this can be achieved.

Long description

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

Product details

Imprint:
Century
Publisher:
Random House Group
ISBN:
9780099425236
Publication date:
February 2004
Length:
198mm
Width:
129mm
Thickness:
21mm
Weight:
271g
Edition:
New edition
Pages:
288
Readership:
Tertiary education
Edition:
New edition
Audience:
Tertiary education
Pages:
288

Review

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

additional information

Ricardo Semler has won international fame for creating the world's most unusual workplace and lectures all over the world.

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  Time Management Tips from the Best
Reviewed by mscanlen from East London, SA on 12 February 2004
280 of 538 people found the following review helpful:

A follow up to Maverick! In this book Ricardo Semler focuses more on time management and how to be able to separate work and play (and mix the two together in Semco style). Very good read.

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  Think again about your priorties
Reviewed by Mr Ross Gardiner from Johannesburg, South Africa on 31 January 2005
243 of 490 people found the following review helpful:

I picked this book to read on a flight to Sao Paula and it had a major impact on me in both the personal and business sense. It advocates priorites; do things with your children, don't expand for the sake of growth, breakdown structure and make your own decisions. Well worth a read if you are changing jobs or moving cities and you can dictate work conditions. The text jumps around a bit so it makes it easy to read in tranches. It has been a guide for my own priorities. I take my son to swimming lessons; only father there - what are rest doing when I am soaking up quality time - working.

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