Beyster Institute’s Employee Ownership Management Program, 2010
Curriculum material for Beyster Institute’s Employee Ownership Management Program, a seminar presented at the Rady School, UCSD.
Building a System of Trust: Ten Hidden Secrets of Success in Employee-Owned Companies
The great potential of employee ownership to improve business performance lies in its capacity to bring people together to work as a team toward shared success.
The Beyster Institute
The Beyster Institute at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management works to advance the understanding and practice of employee ownership as an effective and responsible business model. We focus on education, research and consulting to promote employee ownership and the creation of effective ownership cultures.
Employee Ownership as Creative Capitalism
Employee ownership plans transform a company’s culture, because employees adopt the mentality of owners; they work harder and become more involved in process improvement and cost management, causing their company’s net income to increase at a faster rate.
Employee Ownership Insights
Newsletter of The Beyster Institute, helping to build entrepreneurial companies through employee ownership.
Teams, Not Stars, Are the Key to High Performance
It’s all well and good that a shared ownership stake may promote a team orientation, but does teamwork necessarily translate into superior business results?
Perpetuating an Ownership Culture
In its summer, 2003 issue, Business Ethics magazine highlighted ‘The Legacy Problem’ whereby the culture and vision of a number of socially conscious corporations was being lost when the companies were acquired by larger firms.
Managing an Employee-Owned Company. It’s Different. It’s Better.
Ask Don about what it’s like to run a company where the employees are stockholders, and he can wax warm and fuzzy.
Client Profile: Coast Citrus Distributors
At Coast Citrus, the employees are eligible to participate in the ESOP after completing 500 hours and/or three months of service. Currently the company is 70 percent employee owned.
Employee Ownership and Equity Compensation at ATA Engineering
This PowerPoint presentation is a case study that is part of Class 4 from the Course: Topics in Corporate Governance: Techniques of Equity Compensation. The case study discusses ATA Engineering, Inc., a leading independent company in modal and dynamic testing of aerospace structures in the U.S. Their mission statement is to be the leading provider … Read More
The Inherent Motivation to Work Productively: A Brief Look at Employee Ownership and Industrial History
Until the industrial revolution, work was performed in the U.S. (outside of the slave economy) by individuals who had direct and obvious motivation to maximize the quantity and quality of their production.
Employee Ownership Culture Building: Process and Success Measures
This presentation outlines ways to measure success in an employee owned company, how to achieve positive results, and learn from the ‘best companies to work for.’
Who Runs an ESOP Company?
This presentation discusses the governance structure of employee-owned companies, including trustees, fiduciaries, administrators and plan participants…
None of Us Is As Smart As All of Us
If you’ve ever started or owned your own business, you know that great feeling of pride you have for your organization and its people and customers.
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Equity Compensation
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Equity Compensation is a comprehensive overview of employee ownership practices and practicalities.
Transitioning Ownership in the Private Company: The ESOP Solution
Using a leveraged ESOP to buy out a departing or retiring business owner is a strategy with considerable benefits for all involved.