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Mary Parker Follett was an outstanding social worker, born on September 3, 1868, and died on December 18, 1933. Known for her innovative social work methods and leadership, she had a profound impact on the development of modern social work.

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Famous Mary Parker Follett Quotes

“An order then should always be given not as a personal matter, not because the man giving it wants the thing done, but because it is the demand of the situation. And an order of this kind carries weight because it is the demand of the situation.”

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Book:Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business Organization

Source: Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business Organization

“The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men and women working with him.”

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Book:Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett

Source: Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett

“Now that we are recognizing more fully the value of the individual, now that management is defining more exactly the function of each, many are coming to regard the leader as the man who can energize his group, who knows how to encourage initiative, how to draw from all what each has to give.”

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“Responsiblity is the great developer of men.”

Men Responsibility Developers

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“It is always the sign of the second-rate man when the decision merely meets the present situation. It is the left-over in a decision which gives it its greatest value. It is the carry-over in the decision which helps develop the situation in the way we wish it to be developed. The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them; they have a vision of the future.”

Source: Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett

“It is not opposition but indifference which separates men.”

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Book:The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government

Source: The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government

About the Author

Born: September 3, 1868
Died: December 18, 1933
Known for: Social Worker
Quotes: 86

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Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920sRelated source material

The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular GovernmentRelated source material

Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business OrganizationRelated source material

Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker FollettRelated source material

Creative ExperienceRelated source material

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