Amoeba Management : Lessons From Japan's Kyocera /

A persistent challenge for companies as they grow is how to maintain the high level of dynamism and employee commitment that drove success in the early days. Over the years, thoughtful managers and management theorists have formulated many approaches for dealing with the problem, all aimed at giving...

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Main Authors: Spear, Steven (Author), Tombak, Mihkel (Author), Cummings, Jonathon (Author), Van Maanen, John (Author), Klein, Janice (Author), Yukl, Gary (Author), Ancona, Deborah (Author), Hiromoto, Toshiro (Author), Adler, Ralph (Author)
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Published: MIT Sloan Management Review, 2012.
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