Summary
What It Is
Certain features of governance change as a business grows from a startup to a very large business.
Discussion
The articles on governance are written for a large business. The appropriate governance structures change depending on the number of total workers in the business. A very small business will only need the work group structure. It will not have Units and a Federal. As the business grows larger, it will be organized into multiple work groups and the Unit governance structure will be added. When it grows enough to divide into multiple Units, then the Federal level governance structure will be added. This article describes the differences between large business governance and the governance appropriate for other business sizes.
Beyond governance, the concepts of Liberty Workforce apply to all sizes of businesses. Even the smallest business should have a bifurcated legal structure, a constitution with worker rights, variable compensation, no employees, and so forth. As the business grows and changes governance, these changes are documented in the constitution.
The numbers of workers appropriate for a particular governance structure are given below. They are only conceptual guides. The actual appropriate range depends on factors such as the workers’ abilities, the type of business, and the geographic separation of the workers.
Very Small Businesses
With 2 to 20 total workers in the Workerle, the applicable Governance Structure is the Work Group.
Changes to the Work Group Governance Article for Very Small Businesses:
Selecting the Work Group Leader The Work Group Leader is appointed by theOwnerle with the consent of three-fourths of the Work Group members (In manycases, the owner will be the Work Group Leader). The Leader’s term of serviceis determined by the Ownerle.
Removing Group Workers The period between being voted off by the Work Group andthe trial before the Court is eliminated. Once a member is voted off the WorkGroup, the case immediately goes to Court with a trial by jury. One member isassigned to prosecute and another is assigned to defend. The remaining members are the jury.
Additions to Work Group Governance Needed for Very Small Businesses:
Appoint Court Judge The Work Group Leader appoints one of the members to bethe Judge with the approval of the members. The Judge performs the judicialduties found in the Unit Governance article.
Small Businesses
With 12 to 250 total workers in the Workerle, the applicable Governance Structure is one Unit with multiple Work Groups. When the business grows sufficient that a second Work Group is required, then the Unit governance structure is created along with this second Work Group.
Changes to the Work Group Governance Article for Small Businesses:
Process for Removed Worker If a removed worker cannot find work, his case is taken upby the Unit Court
Additions to Work Group Governance Needed for Small Businesses:
None
Changes to the Unit Governance Article for Small Businesses:
Selecting Unit Leader The Unit Leader is appointed by the Ownerle with theconsent of three-fourths of the Unit workers voting.
Unit Leader Accounting Reports and budgets go to the Ownerle.
Unit Leader Recall The Judge shall inform the Ownerle, the Unit Leader, andthe Unit workers of the results of the recall election.
Additions to Unit Governance Needed for Small Businesses:
Bicameral Congress The legislative powers of the Unit are vested in abicameral Congress which consist of the Ownerle decision makers (first house)and the Unit Legislature (second house). The sharing and the separation oflegislative powers by the Congress shall be similar to what is specified forCongress in the Federal Level Governance article.
Medium and Large Businesses
With 200 to 5,000 total workers in the Workerle, the applicable Governance Structures are the Federal with multiple Units and multiple Work Groups within each Unit. When the business grows sufficient that a second Unit is required, then the Federal governance structure is created along with this second Unit.
Governance Changes and Additions for Medium and Large Businesses:
The articles on Work Group, Unit, and Federal level governance were written for this size of business. No changes or additions are needed.
Very Large Businesses
All Workerle Output is Closely Related
With 5,000 or more total workers in a Workerle who are engaged in closely related work, the applicable Governance Structures are the same as for medium and large businesses: the Federal with multiple Units and multiple Work Groups within each Unit.
Additions to Governance Needed for Very Large Business with Closely Related Work:
Federal Executive Councilors As the number of Units grows beyond what the FederalPresidency can mentor, Federal Executive Councilors are instituted. TheseCouncilors can be thought of as clones of the President. When the Presidentdoes not have time to perform certain duties, he delegates those duties to aCouncilor to perform. The Councilors are general purpose executives. They arenot in charge of a particular function as are other Principle Federal Officers,but they can be given oversight of any Federal function in place of thePresident. They can be assigned to perform special projects. However, theirmain duty is to mentor Units. Councilors are appointed by the President withconsent of Congress. They are members of the Cabinet of the President. Thenumber of Councilors increases as the growth of the business requires it. Theymay have support staff as needed (e.g., administrative assistants), but theyare generally not to have any other workers reporting to them or to be the headof an organization.
Electoral College for Senators Senators should remain popularly elected. However, whenthe ratio of workers per Senator becomes so large that a worker no longer ispersonally acquainted with all the Senatorial candidates, then an electoralcollege is instituted. Instead of voting for a Senator, a worker votes for anelector he personally knows and trusts. The worker to elector ratio remains low(below 30). The electors of each Senatorial district find, research, andinterview Senatorial candidates in their district. They then elect theirSenator.
Workerles with Unrelated or Only Somewhat Related Output
With 5,000 or more total workers in a Workerle who are engaged in unrelated or only somewhat related work, the applicable Governance Structures are Divisions with multiple Units and multiple Work Groups within each Unit and a Federal overarching all the Divisions.
Many very large businesses are diversified. They have business units that create dissimilar products. For example, Canon produces cameras, printers, and copiers. United Technologies produces jet engines, building elevators, and home air conditioners. Other very large businesses have products that are somewhat related. For example, Boeing produces military and commercial aircraft. The concerns of such products are often so different that it more efficient to group similar products together into divisions when the company is very large. In other words, as a business grows to the point of over straining its Federal governance structure, creating divisions is a good way of increasing its governance capacity when the business produces unrelated and/or somewhat related products.
Additions to Governance Needed for Very Large Business with Unrelated or Only Somewhat Related Output:
The governance structures of the large business remain, but a new level of governance structure, the Division, is created between the Units and the Federal. The governance structure of a Division is very similar to a Federal. It has a President, a Legislature, and a Court. In the United States government analogy, the Division is like a state, the Unit is like a city or county, and the Federal is like the Federal government. The Division Legislature has only one house with Legislators elected from the workers through a true electoral college. The Division President is appointed by the Federal President and confirmed by the Division Legislature.