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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling by _Codemonkeyism on Monday March 07, 2016 @11:22AM (#11239700)
Do you have more information about Valve? I would be interested.

I've only found in the past the Valve employee handbook, some people raving about Valve and some people talking about highschool style bullying.

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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling by dalke on Monday March 07, 2016 @11:50AM (#11239875)
> I've only found in the past...

Your description succinctly summarizes the 7 references in Wikipedia for that topic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation#Organization... .

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Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling by drzaiusapelord on Monday March 07, 2016 @11:30AM (#11239753)
There's a lot out there on "flat management style," especially Valve's verson of it, but I like this simple and short interview with Gabe Newell as an intro.

http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-04-27/why-there-ar...

This BBC article touches upon the concept more broadly:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24205497

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