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Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola.
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The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians.
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Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves.
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That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar.
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It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous.
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But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization.
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Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful.
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To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out - or worse.
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Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general.
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The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.
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This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the top in the bridge club or the offices of a small magazine publisher.
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Every combination of two or more human beings has both a useful aspect and a political aspect.
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