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Transcultural management: Allowing employees to be enterprising -- Democratically

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In this article, Albert Koopman describes a revolution which he started five years ago in Cashbuild Cash and Carry, a South African company of which he is Managing Director. Although the company was doing well, he felt that without a total belief or total value system in the organization, the company needed to create a climate in which people would be willingly productive -- and for this they needed the freedom to act. Five principles were established to fire this participative process at base. The end result is a re-establishment of greater humanity in the organization, with noticeable increases in productivity.

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  • Koopman, Albert, 1991. "Transcultural management: Allowing employees to be enterprising -- Democratically," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 295-300, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:9:y:1991:i:3:p:295-300
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