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Management policies and the quality of leadership have a lot to do with individual performance.

— Ernest Dale

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An organization that is based on pure rationality ignores many facets of human nature.

Provision is made for utilization of a centralized staff of specialists to aid the decentralized operations.

Centralized controls are designed to ensure that the chief executive can find out how well the delegated authority and responsibility are being exercised.

The functions or job contents necessary to reach objectives must be defined. This step is governed by two precepts.

Centralized control is provided for in a number of different ways

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