E Pluribus Kinko's - A Story of Business, Democracy, and Freaky Smart People (Paperback)

E Pluribus Kinko's describes how a highly democratic business structure helped Kinko's grow and profit for thirty years, and how the loss of democracy contributed to the company's decline and disappearance. From 1970 to 1999, Kinko's grew from a one-hundred-square-foot copy shop to a two-billion-dollar industry leader with over 1,000 branches worldwide, with thousands of engaged and participative citizen-coworkers. The foundations of our democracy were The Philosophy, which was like a constitution that clearly articulated stakeholder rights and expectations, our Partnership Ethos, which used profit sharing to spread the benefits and responsibilities of citizenship throughout the organization, and our habit of Pot-Stirring, which produced the frequent revolutions Thomas Jefferson believed were necessary in a healthy democracy. It was very messy - and very profitable.

General

Imprint:	Book Surge Publishing Co.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Dean Zatkowsky
Dimensions:	203 x 133 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-1-4392-5507-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > History of specific institutions Books > History > History of specific subjects > History of specific institutions
LSN:	1-4392-5507-5
Barcode:	9781439255070

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