Shared Entrepreneurship : A Path to Engaged Employee Ownership

Today's views of leadership and management have significantly expanded to incorporate a variety of elements such as rewards, visions, and worker participation. However, most perspectives still view leadership as something that is assigned to a designated person who then exercises influence downward toward subordinate followers. In many ways the persistent top-down command and control theme that supports established leadership thought and practice prevents organizations from fully tapping into their human resources, in turn limiting their flexibility to meet the challenges of increasingly dynamic, complex, and competitive environments. Shared Entrepreneurship replaces the top-down approaches of the past with a new framework that draws strengths and innovation from collaboration and sharing. This book is divided into two main sections. The first section consists of six chapters which provide an in-depth overview and discussion of shared entrepreneurship. The second section consists of eight original case studies commissioned by the authors, featuring such companies as Herman Miller, Inc., SRC Holdings, and W.L. Gore & Associates.

Frank Shipper earned a PhD in Business from the University of Utah. He is a speaker on employee ownership and an awarding-winning researcher. He has spoken to the Haier Group in China, at Oxford University multiple times and conferences throughout the US. In addition, he has received Kelso and Ruble Fellowships from Rutgers, multiple grants, and a Maryland Regents' Award for Excellence in Research. His work has appeared in top-tier journals. Moreover, Frank is coauthor of Shared Entrepreneurship: A Path to Engaged Employee Ownership. It received the William Foote Whyte and Kathleen King White Book Prize for its "contribution to the advancement of economic democracy." Additionally, he is Professor of Management Emeritus at the Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University, USA.
 
Stephen B. Adams, Salisbury University, USA Marvin O. Brown, Salisbury University, USA Thomas J. Calo, Salisbury University, USA Benita W. Harris, Asbury United Methodist Church, USA Richard C. Hoffman, Salisbury University, USA Charles C. Manz, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA Karen P. Manz, unaffiliated Bill Nobles, Rutgers University, USA Oliver P. Roche, Salisbury University, USA Greg L. Stewart, University of Iowa, USA Marc D. Street, Salisbury University, USA Vera L. Street, Salisbury University, USA Frank Shipper, Salisbury University, USA Christy H. Weer, Salisbury University, USA.