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Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail.

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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 Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola.

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That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar.

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But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.

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

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Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves.

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The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.

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It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.

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As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 17th, 1909

Died: March 10th, 1994

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