Sunday, March 22, 2009

Why we cooperate and adopt group purposes?


I originally wrote this entry on August 11, 2004 and published it on blogs.sun.com.


Chester Barnard provides the following summary answer to this question:




Among the most important limiting factors in the situation of each individual are his own biological limitations. The most effective method of overcoming these limitations has been that of cooperation. This requires the adoption of a group, or non-personal, purpose. The situation with reference to such a purpose is composed of innumerable factors, which must be discriminated as limiting and non-limiting factors. The Functions of the Executive



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