Chain of command Quote by Sun Tzu

If you have to control people, you have to have an administrative force that does it. So in U.S. industry, even more than elsewhere,…

— Noam Chomsky

“It is a principle that, curiously, many top-level managers in the service often failed to grasp. In a truly efficient organization, the allocation of…

— Christopher David Costanzo

Five coordinating mechanisms seem to explain the fundamental ways in which organizations coordinate their work: mutual adjustment, direct supervision, standardization of work processes, standardization…

— Henry Mintzberg

To me, governing is communicating. That facilitates the whole job because I can listen, I can hear what people have to say, and at…

— Vicente Fox

“The rationales for centralized, to-down decision making - control, direction, and compliance - melts away when individuals are tightly aligned with the company's values…

— Dov Seidman

“By empowering employees and distributing decision-making, organizations can significantly enhance their agility, responsiveness, and ability to adapt to change.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

Regulation is necessary to protect our natural environment, keep our food and medicine safe, and ensure fair competition and fair treatment of our workers.

— Marco Rubio

Traditionally, the role of the individual was to conform to the organization. In the future the organization will have to conform to the needs…

— Anita Roddick

Policy-making, decision-taking, and control: These are the three functions of management that have intellectual content.

— Anthony Stafford Beer

If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organise, co-ordinate and control. Then watch what they…

— Henry Mintzberg

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

— Peter Drucker

“After years of operating in a top-down manner that emphasizes control and conformance, organizations are rife with obstacles to bottom-up ideas that front-line staff…

— Alan G. Robinson