Gareth Morgan - Organization Quotes

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The metaphor suggests that different environments favor different species of organizations based on different methods of organizing and that congruence with the environment is the key to success.

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In highlighting the role of the unconscious in organization, there is a danger that many will now want to find ways of managing the unconscious as well. This, of course, is impossible, because the unconscious is, by nature, uncontrollable.

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Organization always hinges on the creation of shared meanings and shared understandings, because there have to be common reference points if people are to shape an align their activities in an organized way.

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Many organizations and their managers drive toward the future while looking through the rear-view mirror. They manage in relation to events that have already occurred, rather than anticipate and confront the challenges of the future.

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Dialectical analysis thus shows us that the management of organization, of society, and of personal life ultimately involves the management of contradiction.

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The organization as a coalition of diverse stakeholders is a coalition with multiple goals.

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An organization has no presence beyond that of the people who bring it to life.

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