SOCIOMETRY IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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SOCIOMETRY, HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEAbstract
The effective organization is characterized by (a) an organizational structure or social network and (b) a manner of functioning designed to insure that in all interactions the members will, in terms of their sociopsychological groundings, values, expectations, and hopes, perceive and experience the integrations achieved as supportive of and contributive to becoming the type of person they each want to become.
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