If there is a single assumption which pervades conventional organizational theory, it is that authority is the central, indispensable means of managerial control. (Douglas McGregor)

If there is a single assumption which pervades conventional organizational theory, it is that authority is the central, indispensable means of managerial control.

Douglas McGregor

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