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american-author hall hang library phone pool public shy smash town

We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories.

american-author bridge club diversion ideals magazine offices phenomenon rise seem serious small top

This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the top in the bridge club or the offices of a small magazine publisher.

american-author becomes computer decline romance sheer trace

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 more important and prosperous.

american-author believe though

But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization.

american-author generally goes lend objectives people prevail unnoticed

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.

american-author eaten ended hunt millions

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 ended up being eaten by leopards.

american-author behave certain competition design follow general principles similar

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.

american-author assigned attend busily contribute force helping hold money perform suspect values

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear.

american-author attracts fulfilling opportunity people

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.

american-author human machine people performing

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

american-author likely succeeds

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

american-author happens nature particular possesses

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.