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by projektx 5201 days ago
Regarding Note #4, I've noticed that the Qty=10 number seems to hold true, maybe its closer to 7. I also think it scales in organizations. How many industries are dominated by 5 to 10 players? Aerospace, Automobiles, Banking, Media are a few that come to mind right away. To bring it back to interpersonal communications, I can manage about 7 people very effectively, when I get much beyond that I starting thinking about someone running interference for me. If I knew anything about the way military organization works, or had ever taken a college level management course, I'd know how I'm stating some rule of thumb most everyone but me knows about already. I do enjoy reading your essays Paul.