By the term functionalism, considered as a principle of organization, we mean the differentiation or distinction between kind of duties. Thus it is c… - James D. Mooney

In organization it means the graduation of duties, not according to differentiated functions, for this involves another and distinct principle of organization, but simply according to degrees of authority and corresponding responsibility.

The reason for the phenomenon we call organization is as fundamental as human life itself. It has its roots in the fact that man, in every fibre of his being, with the full force of every motive he has brought with him through the ages, is stamped indelibly as a social creature.

Management Mind in the has always had a great contempt for politics. The point has been missed that although we, in the Automobile Industry have continually dismissed politics and government as quite unworthy of the attention of serious-minded men like ourselves, politics and government have been continually increasing their interest in the Automobile.

The supreme coordinating authority must rest somewhere and in some form in every organization, else there could be no such thing as organized.