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David's Time With Peter F. Drucker 2020.3.1 But these principles do not tell us what to do. They only tell us what not to do. They do not tell us what will work. They tell us what is unlikely to work. These principles are not too different from the ones that inform an architect's work. They do not tell him what kind of building to build. They tell him what the restraints are. And this is pretty much what the various principles of organization structure do. Even more important: We need to go to work on studying the strengths and the limitations of different organizations. For what tasks are what tasks are what organizations most suitable? For what tasks are what organizations least suitable? And when, in the performance of a task, should we switch from one kind of organization to another? This analysis is perhaps most needed for the currently "politically correct" organization: the team. ——《Management Challenges for the 21st Century·Chapter1》(Peter F.Drucker,1999)