We never like to admit to ourselves that we have made a mistake. Organizational structures tend to accentuate this source of failure of information..

Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit.

[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there?.

There is a quiet, open place in the depths of the mind, to which we can go many times in the day and lift up our soul in praise, thankfulness and con….

Where there is hypocrisy, there is hope..

Every culture, or subculture, is defined by a set of common values, that is, generally agreed upon preferences. Without a core of common values a cul….

A second possible approach to general systems theory is through the arrangement of theoretical systems and constructs in a hierarchy of complexity, r….

Accounting for the most part, remains a legalistic and traditional practice, almost immune to self-criticism by scientific methods..

Almost every organization... exhibits two faces a smiling face which it turns toward its members and a frowning face which it turns to the world outs….

Communication can only take place among equals..

It is much more accurate to identify the factors of production as know-how (that is genetic information structure), energy, and materials, for, as we….

[The historical] development in the international system may almost be defined as the process by which we pass from stable war to stable peace..

The illusion that consumption - and its correlative, income - is desirable probably stems from too great preoccupation with what Knight calls "one-us….

Human artifacts not only include material structures and objects, such as buildings, machines, and automobiles, but they also include organizations, ….

A somewhat casual observer from outer space might well deduce that the course of evolution in this planet had produced a species of large four-wheele….

Economists are like computers. They need to have facts punched into them..

As far as many statistical series that are related to activities of mankind are concerned, the date that divides human history into two equal parts i….

The very act of thinking about power in our lives and experiences creates a process of revelation and self-analysis that may even make us look at our….

Conflict may be defined as a situation of competition in which the parties are aware of the incompatibility of potential future positions, and in whi….

Economists and technologists bring the "bits", but it requires the social scientists and humanists to bring the "wits..

Canada has no cultural unity, no linguistic unity, no religious unity, no economic unity, no geographic unity. All it has is unity..