Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1 The Result: An $8 Billion Business Success. 2 The Culture: People First. 3 The Vision: Freedom (with Strings Attached). 4 The Mission: From Science to Solutions. 5 The Glue: Employee Ownership. 6 The System: Participation in Decision Making. 7 The Organization: Organized for Growth. 8 The Plan: No Grand Plan. 9 The Pitch: Everyone a Salesperson. 10 The Loop: Feedback and Lessons Learned. 11 The Wild Card: Experiment Constantly. 12 The Bottom Line: Expect Reasonable Profit with Stock Price Growth. 13 The Challenge: Governance-Sustainability or Transition? 14 The Future: New Beginnings. Epilogue. About the Foundation for Enterprise Development. Appendix A: My Life before SAIC. Appendix B: SAIC Time Line. Appendix C: SAIC Principles and Practices. Notes. Index.
Dr. J. Robert Beyster is the founder of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He served as CEO and chairman of the company for thirty-five years. SAIC grew from a start-up with a handful of employees to a firm with 43,000 employees and more than $8 billion in annual revenue. Beyster promotes innovation and employee ownership through the Foundation for Enterprise Development and the Beyster Institute at the University of California, San Diego. He has received a range of honors, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from Ernst & Young, Spirit of San Diego award, and Next Millennium Award for Excellence in Education. Peter Economy is Associate Editor of Leader to Leader, the award-winning publication for the Leader to Leader Institute and a bestselling author or coauthor of numerous books, including The Management Bible (Wiley) and Lessons from the Edge.
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