Harold Koontz Quote

Every organization structure, even a poor one, can be charted, for a chart merely indicates how departments are tied together along the principal lines of authority. It is therefore somewhat surprising to find top managers occasionally taking pride in the fact that they do not have an organization chart or, if they do have one, feeling that the chart should be kept a secret.


p. 379 - Principles of management, 1968


Every organization structure, even a poor one, can be charted, for a chart merely indicates how departments are tied together along the principal...

Every organization structure, even a poor one, can be charted, for a chart merely indicates how departments are tied together along the principal...

Every organization structure, even a poor one, can be charted, for a chart merely indicates how departments are tied together along the principal...

Every organization structure, even a poor one, can be charted, for a chart merely indicates how departments are tied together along the principal...