Left to themselves, people will elaborate, not simplify solutions.

Successful cooperation in or by formal organizations is the abnormal, not the normal, condition.

Left to themselves, people will elaborate, not simplify solutions.

A low morality will not sustain leadership long, its influence quickly vanishes, it cannot produce its own succession.

The responsibility of the executive is (1) to create and maintain a sense of purpose and moral code for the organization; (2) to establish systems of formal and informal communication; and (3) to ensure the willingness of people to cooperate.

It is what we think we know that keeps us from learning.

The fine art of executive decision consists in not deciding questions that are not now pertinent, in not deciding prematurely, in not making decision that cannot be made effective, and in not making decisions that others should make.