Zappos Does Away With Job Titles, Managers - Retailer turns to 'holacratic' model

Zappos Does Away With Job Titles, Managers - Retailer turns to 'holacratic' model: "Online retailer Zappos is making a dramatic change to its company hierarchy—in fact, it's getting rid of it. CEO Tony Hsieh explained to employees last month that the company was ditching job titles and management positions in favor of a system known as "Holacracy." The term, which comes from the Greek "holon," meaning a whole inside something bigger, is about "self-governing." It works by dividing the company into some 400 circles; inside a circle, a worker can have multiple jobs, Quartz reports."

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