The Difficulty Of The Coordination Task Often Blinds One To The Fact That A Fully Coordinated Piece Of Paper Is Not Supposed To Be Either The Major Or The Final Product Of The Organizatio

The Difficulty Of The Coordination Task Often Blinds One To The Fact That A Fully Coordinated Piece Of Paper Is Not Supposed To Be Either The Major Or The Final Product Of The Organizatio

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The difficulty of the coordination task often blinds one to the fact that a
fully coordinated piece of paper is not supposed to be either the major or the
final product of the organization, but it often turns out that way.
-- Amrom Katz

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