“Organization. If you want big words to talk to intellectuals with, that's a fine big word, son, just as many syllables as imagination, and it has a lot more realism in it.” — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
“Let us consider humanity a biogram (the basic DNA blueprint of the human organism and its potentials) united with a logogram (this set of… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes. — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
“Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful. Because it is so powerful, the… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general. — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful. — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict. — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
Indeed, if our ancestors of millions of years ago hadn't learned how to care for one another and hunt in packs, they'd all have… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
