The metaphor suggests that different environments favor different species of organizations based on different methods of organizing and that congruen… - Gareth Morgan

Any system that insulates itself from diversity in the environment tends to atrophy and lose its complexity and distinctive nature

In highlighting the role of the unconscious in organization, there is a danger that many will now want to find ways of managing the unconscious as well. This, of course, is impossible, because the unconscious is, by nature, uncontrollable.

Contingency theorists suggest that we can best proceed by appointing 'the right people' to the job we have in mind, and by creating flexible authority, communications, and reward structures that will motivate them to satisfy their own needs through the achievement of organizational goals.