480 Quotes About Organization

  • Author Clay Shirky
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    We use the word 'organization' to mean both the state of being organized and the groups that do the organizing.

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  • Author Clay Shirky
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    For the last hundred years the big organizational question has been whether any given task was best taken on by the state, directing the effort in a planned way, or by businesses competing in a market.

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  • Author Clay Shirky
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    An organization will tend to grow only when the advantages that can be gotten from directing the work of additional employees are less than the transaction costs of managing them.

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  • Author Nora Ephron
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    I tried having two purses, one for personal things and one for work things. (Yes, I know: The second purse is usually called a briefcase).) This system works for most people but not for me, and for a fairly obvious reason, which I've already disclosed: I am not an organized human being.

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