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Profit Sharing Boosts Employee Productivity and Satisfaction

Harvard Business Review

For instance, individuals who become part of all-employee share ownership plans (ESOPs) are given tax breaks to own their company’s stock. The introduction of ESOPs changed the equation by giving employees a financial stake in their firm that came with voting rights and opportunities to participate in company governance.

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More than One Way to Organize a Business

Thin Difference

Holacracy specifies a structured process known as “integrative decision making” for proposing changes in governance and amending or objecting to proposals. Democratic member control: Cooperatives are democratic organizations controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting their policies and making decisions.