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The capacity to exercise a relatively high degree of imagination, ingenuity and creativity in the solution of organizational problems is widely, not narrowly, distributed in the population.

— Douglas McGregor The Human Side of Enterprise (1960)

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Classical organization theory suffers from "ethnocentrism": It ignores the significance of the political, social, and economic milieu in shaping organizations and influencing managerial practice.

The Human Side of Enterprise (1960)

Behind every managerial decision or action are assumptions about human nature and human behavior.

The Human Side of Enterprise (1960)

Man will exercise self-direction and self-control in the service of objectives to which he is committed.

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The average human being has an inherent dislike of work and will avoid it if he can.

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The key question for top management is what are your assumptions (implicit as well as explicit) about the most effective way to manage people?

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