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.
Follett, Mary Parker. Dynamic Administration: The Collected Papers of Mary Parker Follett. Edited by Henry C. Metcalf and L. Urwick, Harper & Brothers, 1941, p. 59.
He did not originate this line. A French Politician did -- {608886}
He had been one of the major provocateurs of the French revolution of 1848. When the uprising began he tried to force himself through a mob of onlookers. James Michael Curley used this quotation in his autobiography.
You see this palace is now yours, and the city is in your power; what do you think ought to be done?
Their first act was to “elect” him Gonfalonier.
Mary Parker Follett was an American social worker, management consultant, philosopher and pioneer in the fields of organizational theory and organizational behavior. Along with Lillian Gilbreth, she was one of two great women management experts in the early days of classical management theory. She has been called the "Mother of Modern Management". Instead of emphasizing industrial and mechanical components, she advocated for what she saw as the far more important human element, regarding people as the most valuable commodity present within any business. She was one of the first theorists to actively write about and explore the role people had on effective management, and discuss the importance of learning to deal with and promote positive human relations as a fundamental aspect of the industrial sector.
