This Obsession With Leadership... It's Not Neutral;

A Leader Has To Be One Of Two Things: He Either Has To Be A Brilliant Visionary Himself, A Truly Creative Strategist, In Which Case He Can Do What He Likes And Get Away With It; Or Else He Has To Be A True Empowerer Who Can Bring Out The Best In Others.

Effective Managing Therefore Happens Where Art , Craft, And Science Meet. But In A Classroom Of Students Without Managerial Experience, These Have No Place To Meet There Is Nothing To Do.

Five Coordinating Mechanisms Seem To Explain The Fundamental Ways In Which Organizations Coordinate Their Work: Mutual Adjustment, Direct Supervision, Standardization Of Work Processes, Standardization Of Work Outputs, And Standardization Of Worker Skills.

Organizations Are Communities Of Human Beings, Not Collections Of Human Resources

Anecdotal Data Is Not Incidental To Theory Development At All, But An Essential Part Of It.