My travels for my job requires me to visit quite a few
agricultural processing plants. As I was researching I came upon a website started by the owner of a couple of these plants.
“Chris Rufer began his professional career as a one-man
owner/operator trucking company hauling tomatoes from field to factory during
his summer breaks while attending UCLA. His entrepreneurial spirit and tireless
drive drove him grow his trucking operation, and to, in 1982, forge a
partnership with a group of tomato growers to build a tomato factory of their
own—not just any tomato factory, but a revolutionary facility, utilizing
concepts that Chris developed during his years driving in and out of--and diligently
studying--tomato factories.
The vision of Self-Management was born in Chris’ mind early
on in his professional career, with roots trailing back to his days studying
economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He recognized that the
most enduring, and the most effective, human organizations are built on
principles of Self-Management and total responsibility, and that those
principles are also the most efficient and effective principles for organizing
commercial relationships.”
http://self-managementinstitute.org/
This site has excellent reading.
http://self-managementinstitute.org/
This site has excellent reading.
