The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America

by Robert Levering, Milton Moskowitz, Michael Katz

Book Overview

This all-new edition of the bestselling resource for job-seekers rates the companies on the basis of pay and benefits, job security, chances for promotion, openness and fairness, and pride in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201157748
• ISBN13: 9780201157741
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.5" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

100 best companies and over1000 ways to manage people well

found the research very informative. The book has very elegant style of writingand tons of data. As HR consultant i used the book extensively to educate a number of my colleagues in innovating with hrm policies

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An Informative Reference Tool for Working Americans

What makes a company a great place to work? Authors Rober Levering and Milton Moskowitz have studied U.S. corporations extensively and the result is "The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America". These companies all have certain things in common that combine to enhance the work environment: flexible work schedules, concern for family related issues, employee involvement in decision making, openness between management and employees, and special incentives like profit sharing and stock options. There are even some benefits that would surprise the average person, like free child care at SAS Institute and free income tax preperation at Fel-Pro, Inc. What seperates these companies from the majority of U.S. corporations is their willingness to embrace new ideas and their radically progressive approach to management and employee involvement. Employees are not just a number. They are actively involved in the running of the business and their importance in the process is equal to management. Many of these ideas were originally pioneered by the late W.E. Deming, the founding father of quality management. American companies (and American citizens, in general) have always been notorious for their resistance to change, even when change is for the better. U.S. corporations did not listen to Deming when he first introduced these ideas many decades ago. But now it appears that they are finally starting to embrace some of the ideas of quality management. This book makes you think more about your current working conditions. The company that I work for recently extended stock options to all employees. This is a step in the right direction, but there is still a long way to go before my employer reaches the quality level demonstrated by these 100 best companies. The outlook is optimistic. In the coming years, I expect to see more and more companies adopting changes similar to those in place at these 100 best companies. Instead of dreading the daily 8 to 5 grind, more Americans might someday actu!ally look forward to the morning trek to the workplace.