Administrative Quote by Mary Parker Follett

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“administrative purpose usually outruns the facts. Indeed the administrative official's ardor for facts usually begins when he wants to change the facts!”

Mary Parker Follett

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It is always the sign of the second-rate man when the decision merely meets the present situation. It is the left-over in a decision which gives it its greatest value. It is the carry-over in the decision which helps develop the situation in the way we wish it to be developed. The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions…

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Leader and followers are both following the invisible leader-the common purpose.

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