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"As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out."
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"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."


"Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful."


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"But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes."


"Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves."


"A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict."
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