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亨利·福特：我的生活与工作·补录 420
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
You can hardly have too much harmony in business. But you can go too far in picking men because they harmonize. You can have so much harmony that there will not be enough of the thrust and counterthrust which is life--enough of the competition which means effort and progress. It is one thing for an organization to be working harmoniously toward one object, but it is another thing for an organization to work harmoniously with each individual unit of itself. Some organizations use up so much energy and time maintaining a feeling of harmony that they have no force left to work for the object for which the organization was created. The organization is secondary to the object. The only harmonious organization that is worth anything is an organization in which all the members are bent on the one main purpose--to get along toward the objective. A common purpose, honestly believed in, sincerely desired--that is the great harmonizing principle.
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定位：Additional excerpt 420 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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企业里和谐再多也不为过，但选人时不能只挑合得来的。过度追求和谐会消磨掉必要的碰撞和竞争，而竞争才能带来努力和进步。组织和谐地朝着一个目标前进是一回事，每个单元之间和和气气是另一回事。有些组织花太多精力维持一团和气，反而没力气干活了。组织是次要的，目标才是首要的。真正有价值的和谐，是所有成员都一心朝着共同目标使劲。真诚相信并渴望的共同目标，才是最好的和谐剂。
上下文
福特在管理实践中发现，过度强调人际和谐会损害效率，因此提出以共同目标为核心的和谐观。
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你的团队是否为了维持和气而回避必要的争论？你们有没有一个真正凝聚人心的共同目标？
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