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Continue reading the main story This approach to business is sometimes called the "Hollywood model." A project is identified; a team is assembled; it works together for precisely as long as is needed to complete the task; then the team disbands.

The Hollywood system offers another advantage for workers: Every weekend's box-­office results provide new information about which skills in their field are valuable.

On the whole, it is surely kinder than the factory system, in which workers are able to assess their market value only occasionally: when they first start working, when they switch jobs, when they ask for a raise or - worst of all - when they are fired, often en masse.

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