The world of work is not a straightforward career ladder as it was years ago. It's more like a jungle gym.
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But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.
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It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.
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A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.
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It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous.
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As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out.
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