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A Company of Citizens
What the World's First Democracy Teaches Leaders About Creating Great Organizations
Book • 2003
A Company of Citizens applies insights from ancient Athenian democratic practice to modern organizational leadership and design.
Ober and Manville argue that organizations succeed when they cultivate civic norms, shared purpose, and institutions that elicit information and cooperation.
The book contrasts democratic aggregation of dispersed knowledge with hierarchical command-and-control structures, showing how civic practices can boost innovation and learning.
Drawing on historical case studies, it offers practical guidance for leaders to design incentives, norms, and decision processes that scale.
The authors emphasize teachable civic skills like listening, bargaining, and positive-sum compromise for healthier organizations.
Ober and Manville argue that organizations succeed when they cultivate civic norms, shared purpose, and institutions that elicit information and cooperation.
The book contrasts democratic aggregation of dispersed knowledge with hierarchical command-and-control structures, showing how civic practices can boost innovation and learning.
Drawing on historical case studies, it offers practical guidance for leaders to design incentives, norms, and decision processes that scale.
The authors emphasize teachable civic skills like listening, bargaining, and positive-sum compromise for healthier organizations.
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Greg LaBlanc
628. The Civic Bargain: Democracy, Knowledge, and the Challenge of Scale with Josiah Ober
