CHAPTER 13
Three Forces for All the Forms
Beside the force for each of the four forms are three more forces for all four of the forms, catalytic in nature. One of them, the infusion of culture, tightens up the structure, by encouraging people to pull together, and the other two loosen it up, the overlay of separation by pushing the units away from each other, and the intrusion of conflict that pulls people and units apart from each other. As shown in Figure 13.1, separation is overlaid from above, culture permeates throughout, and conflict acts as a kind of underhand.
The Overlay of Separation (Pushing Away)
Part II of this book described the ...
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