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born 1917 United States

Louis Alexander Allen (born Oct. 8, 1917) is an American management consultant and management author, known from his early work on management and organization.

United States
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Organization is a mechanism or structure that enables living things to work effectively together. The evolution of life and of human society demonstrates the need for organization.

A manager is a leader who enables people to work most effectively together by performing primarily the work of planning, organizing, leading and controlling.

"Ask any two managers precisely what they mean by 'staff', or 'decentralization,' or 'budget.' The differences in interpretation will make communication difficult. If we are to develop professional practices of management work, semantics requires first attention.

Organization is a mechanism or structure that enables things to work effectively together. The basic elements of organization are division of labour, a source of authority, and relationships. This is true for all forms of living organizations.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Louis A. Allen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.