Joy at work : a revolutionary approach to fun on the job / Dennis W. Bakke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakke, Dennis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Organizational change.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Wash. : PVG, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Imagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most ""fun"" workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today's bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit? Well, imagine no more.In Joy at Work, Dennis W. Bakke tells the true story of this extraordinary company--and how, as its co-founder and longtime CEO, he challenged the business establishment with revolutionary

Contents:

contents; preface; 1. My Introduction to Work; 2. A Miserable Workplace; 3. From Misery to Joy; 4. "Honeycomb": Dynamics of a Joyous Workplace; 5. Scorekeeping, Accountability, and Rewards; 6. Leading to Workplace Joy; 7. Purpose Matters; 8. Potholes in the Road; 9. Another Crisis; Epilogue; Postscript: Enter Into the Master's Joy; Appendix A: History of AES; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-304) and index.

ISBN:

9786612488740

9780974355290

0974355291

9781282488748

1282488740

9789762686042

9762686047

OCLC:

609853885