# Why Valve? Or, what do we need corporations for and how does Valves management structure fit into todays corporate world? - Valve - Host: [blogs.valvesoftware.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/blogs.valvesoftware.com/) - Saved: August 5, 2012 (2012-08-05T07:00:05Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/70b0ccc02ef7/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/70b0ccc02ef7.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) You have read Valves survival manual for new employees. You have read Michael Abrashs wonderful account of working at Valve. Now read my political economy analysis of Valves management model; one in which there are no bosses, no delegation, no commands, no attempt by anyone to tell someone what to do. Can useful lessons be drawn about not only Valves inner workings but, importantly, regarding the future of the corporate world? ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Valve: How I Got Here, What Its Like, and What Im Doing](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/466219d086d7/) (blogs.valvesoftware.com, April 16, 2012) ## Saved the same week - [TECHdotMN: Grigsby is back with Manymo](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4da8ed4dd5fb/) (tech.mn, August 2, 2012) - [Cold-brewed coffee results](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fce5306e43de/) (marco.org, August 3, 2012) - [How to make great iced coffee with an AeroPress](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a405507d7bff/) (marco.org, August 3, 2012) - [Treatise on Font Rasterisation](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/776bdd0cdbb2/) (freddie.witherden.org, August 4, 2012) - [Colorful Food](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/db5bbb08259a/) (amazon.com, August 5, 2012) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/economics/why-valve-or-what-do-we-need-corporations-for-and-how-does-valves-management-structure-fit-into-todays-corporate-world/