Douglas McGregor quotes:
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Trust means "I know that you will not-deliberately or accidentally, consciously or unconsciously-take unfair advantage of me." It means "I can put my situation at the moment, my status and self-esteem in the group, our relationship, my job, my career, even my life in your hands with complete confidence."
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Relationships is a growing part of life; not life growing apart.
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Our goal should be minimum standardization of human behavior.
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Then it becomes necessary to get the field organisation to accept the help provided. This is normally the role of the Change Manager; to implement the change that no-one asked for or wants.
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The ingenuity of the average worker is sufficient to outwit any system of controls devised by management.
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Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.
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Man is a wanting animal - as soon as one of his needs is satisfied, another appears in its place. This process is unending. It continues from birth to death.
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An objective without a plan is a dream.
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Man lives by bread alone, when there is no bread.