"Organizations are (1) social entities that (2) are goal-directed, (3) are designed as deliberately structured and coo…"

"The management science approach to organizational decision making is the analog to the rational approach by individua…"

"Systems thinking means the ability to see the synergy of the whole rather than just the separate elements of a system…"

"Systems thinking is a mental discipline and framework for seeing patterns and interrelationships. It is important to …"

"In the dry places, men begin to dream. Where the rivers run sand, there is something in man that begins to flow. West…"

"My music springs from the soil of the American midwest. It is music of the plains rather than of the city and reflect…"

"As a music theorist, I have always contended that the historical approach to music theory is not enough. The modern t…"

"In music, the great essential after creation itself is communication through performance...it is of immediate and pri…"

"The artistic contribution of any nation and any age must be in terms of creation. Performers, symphony organizations,…"

"The most complete knowledge of tonal material cannot create a composer any more than the memorizing of Webster's dict…"