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Chester Barnard was an American author and organizational theorist recognized for his contributions to the study of organizations and the individual's role within them. His seminal work, 'The Functions of the Executive,' delves into the nature of organizational authority and the significance of communication in maintaining organizational effectiveness.

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“In a community all acts of individuals and of organizations are directly or indirectly interconnected and interdependent”

Individual Community Organization Interconnected

Book:Organization and Management: Selected Papers

Source: Organization and Management: Selected Papers

“The responsibility of the executive is (1) to create and maintain a sense of purpose and moral code for the organization; (2) to establish systems of formal and informal communication; and (3) to ensure the willingness of people to cooperate.”

People Purpose Responsibility Moral Communication Organization Code Executives Willingness Formal Moral Code

Author:Chester Barnard

“Successful cooperation in or by formal organizations is the abnormal, not the normal, condition.”

Successful Conditions Normal Organization Cooperation Formal Abnormal

Book:The Functions of the Executive

Source: The Functions of the Executive

“Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership; and that quality derives from the breadth of the morality upon which it rests.”

Quality Depends Morality Organization Endure Inequality Proportion Endurance Breadth

Author:Chester Barnard

About the Author

Born: November 7, 1886
Died: June 7, 1961
Known for: Author
Quotes: 12

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