The Open-Book Experience: Lessons from Over 100 Companies Who Successfully Transformed Themselves

Those managers who hate the idea of sharing anything but the most necessary information with their employees will find a major enemy in Case; he is also a primary reason that those managers are probably an endangered species. More than anyone else, Case (Open-Book Management: The Coming Business Revolution) has publicized the idea that corporations should treat employees as partners. He starts with the compelling argument that people will work harder if they have a vested interest in their company's success--which not only means sharing the financial rewards with them but also empowering them to make decisions and paying them like partners as well. Drawing on more than 100 examples of little-known companies around the country using this approach, Case provides a step-by-step methodology that will allow a company to implement this strategy. Although he is unlikely to persuade the hopelessly autocratic, everyone else is bound to learn something. (Jan.)