Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general.

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As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their...

As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their...

The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians.

The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians.

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on...

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on...

To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule...

To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule...

But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be...

But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be...

Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?

Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?

Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people...

Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people...

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree,...

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree,...

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable...

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable...

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which...

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which...

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect...

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect...

Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to...

Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to...

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

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

Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so...

Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so...

You are attached to what you attack.

You are attached to what you attack.

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability...

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability...

It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity,...

It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity,...

This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not...

This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not...

Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.

Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.

Every combination of two or more human beings has both a useful aspect and a...

Every combination of two or more human beings has both a useful aspect and a...