Arbitrary orders have been replaced by performance standards based on objectives and measurements.
The greatest change perhaps — certainly the most visible — is in organizational structure.
The old Ford Motor Company was rigidly centralized.
Not only was all power and decision in the hands of old Henry Ford; but there was only one set of figures for the whole, complex operation.
Use a set of numbers to reflect the company's overall and complex operating conditions.
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- arbitrary 武断的
- order 命令
- replace 代替
- performance standards 业绩标准
- based on 根据，基于
- objective 目标
- measurement 测评，度量
- perhaps 或许
- certainly 无疑，当然，确定
- visible 明显的
- organization structure 组织结构
- Ford Motor Company 福特汽车公司
- rigidly 严格， Old-fashioned, resolute
- centralize
- not only...but not only...but also
- power
- decision decision, decision
- in the hands of one set of
- figure figure
- whole whole, the whole
- complex complex
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The Practice of Management
Peter F. Drucker
* This book is the first book on management from the practical implementation level, and the first
that takes into account both the management of existing enterprises and the innovation of future enterprises
