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The SAIC solution : how we built an $8 billion employee-owned technology company / J. Robert Beyster ; with Peter Economy.
Lippincott Library HD62.37 .B49 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beyster, J. Robert, 1924-2014.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- High technology industries--Management.
- High technology industries.
- High technology industries--United States.
- Engineering firms.
- History.
- United States.
- Employee ownership--United States.
- Employee ownership.
- Science Applications International Corporation.
- Engineering firms--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2007]
- Contents:
- 1 The Result: An $8 Billion Business Success 1
- 2 The Culture: People First 15
- 3 The Vision: Freedom (with Strings Attached) 27
- 4 The Mission: From Science to Solutions 41
- 5 The Glue: Employee Ownership 53
- 6 The System: Participation in Decision Making 77
- 7 The Organization: Organized for Growth 91
- 8 The Plan: No Grand Plan 105
- 9 The Pitch: Everyone a Salesperson 117
- 10 The Loop: Feedback and Lessons Learned 129
- 11 The Wild Card: Experiment Constantly 137
- 12 The Bottom Line: Expect Reasonable Profit with Stock Price Growth 151
- 13 The Challenge: Governance Sustainability or Transition? 161
- 14 The Future: New Beginnings 173
- About the Foundation for Enterprise Development 185
- Appendix A My Life before SAIC 187
- Appendix B SAIC Time Line 195
- Appendix C SAIC Principles and Practices 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470097526
- 0470097523
- OCLC:
- 76820653
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