No generalizing beyond the data, no theory. No theory, no insight. And if no insight, why do research.

Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing

My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out of hand.

We have great managers who havent spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that havent spent a day in surgical school?

Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition

An unsuccessful manager blames failure on his obligations; the effective manager turns them to his own advantage. A speech is a chance to lobby...a visit to an important customer a chance to extract trade information.

An obsession with control generally seems to reflect a fear of uncertainty.