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

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Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of...

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of...

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,...

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?

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...

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...

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...

Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.

Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.

One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs...

One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.

A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.

Occupying the bottom end of the inequality ladder, and becoming a 'collateral victim' of a...

Occupying the bottom end of the inequality ladder, and becoming a 'collateral victim' of a...

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side...

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side...

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.