Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. 管理的对象是人。管理的任务是让人们能够合作，发挥他们的长处，使他们的短处无关紧要。

今天的社会有两种需要：对组织而言，需要个人为其做出项献；对个人而言，需要把组织当成实现自己人生目标的工具。只有管理的有效性，才能使这两种社会需要相辅相成。