ABSTRACT
The effective executive makes strength productive. To make strength productive is the unique purpose of organization. Its task is to use the strength of each man as a building block for joint performance. A good tax accountant in private practice might be greatly hampered by his inability to get along with people. But in an organization such a man can be set up in an office of his own and shielded from direct contact with other people. In an organization one can make his strength effective and his weakness irrelevant. George Marshall was only concerned with weaknesses when they limited the full development of a man’s strength. These he tried to overcome through work and career opportunities. Staffing for strength is thus essential to the executive’s own effectiveness and to that of his organization but equally to individual and society in a world of knowledge work.
