Why an organizational behavior professor should read this book...
There
is a new and better way to organize professional service companies.
And there's considerable evidence pointing to the fact that
self-directed, client-centered teams are the optimum
model for today's knowledge workers. Pyramids Are Tombs
shows that if you find the right people, make them accountable
to their own goals, bathe them in ample feedback, and provide
a healthy working atmosphere, you simply need to get out of
the way so they can get their job done.
The organizational
model suggested in this book maximizes the power of a self-directed
team and gains in overall organizational power as the company
grows.
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“Do
not read Pyramids Are Tombs by Joe Phelps -- unless
you are prepared to change not only the way you work, but
also the entire culture of your company. Phelps describes
not some proposed structure for a professional service company
-- but how a new way to conceive a company actually works
at The Phelps Group. Now read the book and devour every ‘how-to’
on the way to creating a new kind of company.”
Norval
Stephens
Former
Executive Director, IFAA (International Federation of Advertising
Agencies)
and EVP/COO International, Needham Harper Worldwide
