Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail. — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar. — 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
