5. • Abolish norms, manuals, rules & regulations
• Rule of common sense to promote personal responsibility
• Lost in space approach
• Flexibility provieded to factory floor as well by making each cell self-
contained
• Job rotation every 2-5 years
• Provide job security to people over 50 or people served over 3 years
Adult Hiring
Treating employees as if they are adults allow workers to use common
sense and in turn promotes personal responsibilities
Letting them do whatever the hell they want breeds a culture of capable,
accountable and responsible employees
6. Issues with the current situation
If you don’t appoint a leader, one will emerge
Roles FIND the person
Results not status
Hunting the Wholly
Mammoth
Solution is PROFIT SHARING
Corporate profit sharing is today’s mammoth meat
Most successful when there is a broad program of
employee participation, when profit sharing criteria are
clear and simple
7. Transparency
Sharing all of the information & not holding back anything
Share monthly results with the employees
Employees trained to read and understand balance sheet
and cash flow statements
Confidential Salaries
Simple accounting system providing relevant information
The relevant information became insignificant
Liberty to do what they want
Employees can Choose your own:
Pay
Job Title
Dress Code
Office Decorations
Work Hours
8. Conclusion
Semco is a company with unique system breaking the normal
notion that a manufacturing firm needs to have mechanistic
structure.
Participation in decision making gives people control of their
work, profit sharing gives them a reason to do it better,
information tell them what is working and what is not.
