Keyword: Organizations

The higher up the organization, the fewer people appreciate Murphy's Law.

Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence in their colleagues.

At some time in the life cycle of virtually every organization, its ability to succeed in spite of itself runs out.

Nobody really knows what is going on anywhere within the organization.

On successive charts of the same organization the number of boxes will never decrease.

Every organization has an allotted number of positions to be filled by misfits.

Corollary: Once a misfit leaves, another will be recruited.

In every organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on… and this person must be fired.

Organizations always have too many managers.

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Any organization is like a septic tank; the really big chunks rise to the top.

(1923 – 2005) American professor

In a hierarchical organization, the higher the level, the greater the confusion.

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Internal consistency is valued more highly than efficiency.

The less work an organization produces, the more frequently it reorganizes.

On successive charts of the same organization the number of boxes will never decrease.