
The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated
The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy Now for $25.00
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Jack Stack
-
Stephen Baker
-
Written by:
-
Jack Stack
-
Bo Burlingham
About this listen
In the early 1980s, Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation (SRC) in Springfield, Missouri, was a near bankrupt division of International Harvester. That's when a green young manager, Jack Stack, took over and turned it around. He didn't know how to "manage" a company, but he did know about the principal, of athletic competition and democracy: keeping score, having fun, playing fair, providing choice, and having a voice.
With these principles he created his own style of management - open-book management. The key is to let everyone in on financial decisions. At SRC, everyone learns how to read a P&L - even those without a high school education know how much the toilet paper they use cuts into profits. SRC people have a piece of the action and a vote in company matters. Imagine having a vote on your bonus and on what businesses the company should be in. SRC restored the dignity of economic freedom to its people. Stack's "open-book management" is the key - a system which, as he describes it here, is literally a game, and one so simple anyone can use it.
The Great Game of Business started a business revolution by introducing the world to open-book management, a new way of running a business that created unprecedented profit and employee engagement.
The revised and updated edition of The Great Game of Business lays out an entirely different way of running a company. It wasn't dreamed up in an executive think tank or an Ivy League business school or around the conference table by big-time consultants. It was forged on the factory floors of the heartland by ordinary folks hoping to figure out how to save their jobs.
What Stack and his people created was a revolutionary approach to management that has proven itself in every industry around the world for the past 30 years - an approach that is perhaps the last, best hope for reviving the American Dream.
©1992, 2013 The Great Game of Business, Inc. (P)2015 The Great Game of Business, Inc.What listeners say about The Great Game of Business, Expanded and Updated
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- LMJ
- 2023-05-08
Excellent business book! Worth reading!
So many great concepts in this book! Excited to implement in my business. Makes so much sense to think of business as a game and get your team actively involved to help you win.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jacob
- 2019-01-02
GGOB
This is hands down the best way to run a business and always will be. My company and I have been using this for years and will never go back to our old ways! It takes the “work” out of the job and creates a career where people are respected and so much more.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- JK Weening Family
- 2021-05-20
A must read for every buisness owner!
I've read this book twice and now listened as a refresher. There are some great practical examples of how to get you team bought in to the game that is business!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Vivek T.
- 2019-02-24
Essential Read when building a team
Although the “story” is based on their experience in the 70’s, I found the application of their management objectives and key results easily applicable to today’s business.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Andrew
- 2020-08-27
Great concept
I use this as material to supplement my consulting work in operations management. It speaks to the difficult story you need to weave when convincing businesses to begin overhauling their approach to performance metrics. Would highly recommend.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Gabrielle Bourdeau
- 2023-12-07
Call to Action
I’ve listened to this book two times. The first time was captivating. The second time took me twice as long as I was writing notes and making sure everything sunk it. Most definitely recommend!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!