Morning Star

Morning Star

Morning Star makes, for example, tomato paste.

Tomato paste is used in  ketchup,  pizza,  pasta,  dipping, and  barbecue sauces.

http://morningstartomatokitchens.com/

To work with fellow colleagues, customers, suppliers and industry people, who work for http://www.morningstarco.com/, work according to these values:  Integrity.  Openness.  Pursuit of voluntary and mutually beneficial transactions and relationships.  maintaining facilities in a clean and orderly condition with a pleasant appearance.

At http://morningstarco.com/, there are  no managers,  no job titles and  no hierarchy.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3397074094 page 61. https://hbr.org/2011/12/first-lets-fire-all-the-managers http://www.inc.com/audacious-companies/leigh-buchanan/morning-star.html

People, who work for https://www.morningstarco.com/, define their own goals and tasks.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3397074094 page 61.

People who are new to http://morningstarco.com/, participate in a workshop to learn about self management.

For example, people learn that with freedom comes responsibility.

This means they learn to take responsibility for their thoughts and actions and not to throw problems and decisions up

the hierarchy and let bosses take care of it. https://hbr.org/2011/12/first-lets-fire-all-the-managers http://www.self-managementinstitute.org/misperceptions-of-self-management

People, who work for https://www.morningstarco.com/, are accountable to people they work with.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3397074094 page 61.

People, who work for http://www.morningstarco.com/, write letters explaining how high their income should be. A panel reads through all letters. Experience shows that, in general, people are good at

estimating the value of work they do.

In a few cases, members of the panel tell people that they have been too humble or asked for too much in comparison with their colleagues - and salaries are corrected upwards or downwards. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1672986684 Page 76.

The most important thing at http://morningstarco.com/ is improvement.

People have the right to get involved anywhere where they think they can add value. They suggest improvements in any area. This means that ideas for change come from all kinds of places, and that that many ideas are tried out.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3397074094 page 61. https://hbr.org/2011/12/first-lets-fire-all-the-managers https://youtu.be/qqUBdX1d3ok minute 3.40

A person, who works http://morningstarco.com/, uses the advice process to make a decision. He / she seeks advice from 1. people who have knowledge about the topic, and 2. people who will be affected by the decision.

Considering all the advice he/she has received, he/she makes his / her decision.

https://hbr.org/2011/12/first-lets-fire-all-the-managers https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1672986684

People, who work for http://morningstarco.com/, manage conflicts using a 4-step procedure: Step # 1: Go directly to the colleague. Try to sort out your differences.

Step # 2: Bring in a 3rd colleague to mediate the conversation.

Step # 3: Create a panel of 6 to 10 additional colleagues.

Step # 4: If step # 3 also fails, CEO Chris Rufer joins the panel to help make a decision.

This happens about 10 times every year.

http://nymag.com/news/features/bossless-jobs-2013-6/index3.html