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Summary: Open Book Management = More Profits and Happier People
Review: How can people play the game if they don't know the rules or how to keep score? Open book management means you teach people how business works, you share financials and you reward them for improving the profits of the company. Good solid "how to" information if you want to set up a profit sharing plan and get people really involved in the success of the company.
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Summary: A must for anyone going into management.
Review: I believe this book is an insightful tool for any manager's library. He gives a clear understanding of what it is like to be an employee and ultimately a manager. The tools he learned along the way and is incorporating into SRC are invaluable to the success of an organization. I have toured SRC and talked with the employees and they are his biggest advocates. That says it all!
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Summary: A must for anyone going into management.
Review: I believe this book is an insightful tool for any manager's library. He gives a clear understanding of what it is like to be an employee and ultimately a manager. The tools he learned along the way and is incorporating into SRC are invaluable to the success of an organization. I have toured SRC and talked with the employees and they are his biggest advocates. That says it all!
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Summary: My bible for running a business
Review: I have read several other popular business books i.e. The
Goal, World Class Mfg., Re-Engineering America, etc. and this
is by far the most useful book I have read. This book shows
you how to get all of your employees motivated to a COMMON GOAL, and that goal has two parts. #1) Pre-tax Profits and
#2) Equity in Stock. Jack Stack shows you how to get ALL of
your employees to focus on and really understand where these two
two numbers come from and how each employee contributes to these
numbers. Implementing JIT, Total Quality Mgmnt, Preventive
maintenance, etc. will always meet with limited success in a company if its employees don't understand how they contribute to or benefit from improving items #1 and #2 above. This book shows you exactly how to do that. I am just beginning to start my own manufacturing company
and plan to implement MANY of the ideas from this book.
I will use it as our company bible.......or at least until
Jack Stack writes a second edition.
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Summary: My bible for running a business
Review: I have read several other popular business books i.e. TheGoal, World Class Mfg., Re-Engineering America, etc. and thisis by far the most useful book I have read. This book shows you how to get all of your employees motivated to a COMMON GOAL, and that goal has two parts. #1) Pre-tax Profits and #2) Equity in Stock. Jack Stack shows you how to get ALL of your employees to focus on and really understand where these two two numbers come from and how each employee contributes to these numbers. Implementing JIT, Total Quality Mgmnt, Preventive maintenance, etc. will always meet with limited success in a company if its employees don't understand how they contribute to or benefit from improving items #1 and #2 above. This book shows you exactly how to do that. I am just beginning to start my own manufacturing company and plan to implement MANY of the ideas from this book. I will use it as our company bible.......or at least until Jack Stack writes a second edition.
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Summary: This book offered a common sense approach to leadership.
Review: the Great Game of Business was a delight to read. Anyone in a leadership role within an organization would benefit greatly from the common sense approach the author stresses in his daily business decision-making and dealings. The book is easy to read and allows you the choice of reading straight through or skipping to chapters that deal with issues that your organization is currently dealing with. I recommend it for persons in a leadership role within an organization or for people considering operating their own business in the future. I also recommend it to leaders of organizations going through cultural or structural changes.
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Summary: What a great way of looking at business!
Review: This is a great book, particularly for business owners/leaders. Jack Stack shows how and why getting all employees to think and act like owners gives a company an incredible advantage against its competitors. And one can't argue with the author's success. I would also recommend John Case's "Open-Book Management" for a slightly more "big-picture" view of the same topic. On related topics I would recommend Ayn Rand's "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" and L. B. M. Serven's "The End of Office Politics as Usual".
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Summary: Ownership = prosperity, The Great Game is key to ownership!
Review: This is a must read for anyone interested in managing, even if you do not follow the advice, you have to know why your competition is beating you so badly in the marketplace.Cannot wait for a web company to come up with the Intranet publishing tools to "web-cast" the Great Game of Business on companies' intranets! The Game is well laid out and easy to follow, even without an MBA in finance. That's the whole key, the Game is business, and knowledge is truly powerful in an open-book enterprise!
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Summary: The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack
Review: What a refreshing way to look at business! Take away the secrets and make it easier for employees to understand the business and they will take the lead in making things work. It sure sounds easy, doesn't? Jack Stack seems to have accomplished this at Springfield Remanufacturing. This book was easy to read and, as a manager, a real motivator. Actually, many of the ideas Jack Stack mentions are common sense and easy to implement. An excellent power tool for all managers.
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Summary: The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack
Review: What a refreshing way to look at business! Take away the secrets and make it easier for employees to understand the business and they will take the lead in making things work. It sure sounds easy, doesn't? Jack Stack seems to have accomplished this at Springfield Remanufacturing. This book was easy to read and, as a manager, a real motivator. Actually, many of the ideas Jack Stack mentions are common sense and easy to implement. An excellent power tool for all managers.
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