The organization... is not an end in itself. Organization, properly designed, can help improve teamwork and productivity by providing a framework wit… - Louis A. Allen

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The organization... is not an end in itself. Organization, properly designed, can help improve teamwork and productivity by providing a framework within which people can work together most effectively. But we must relate the people to the design. In many cases, the organization structure which has technical excellence is, for practical purposes, quite useless because it is not fitted to the needs of the people it is designed to serve, ft is a lifeless pattern.

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

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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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