ABSTRACT
Anyone planning a career faces three realities. First, organizations perme ate almost all aspects of our adult lives from providing careers to control ling our choices in goods and services. Even the smallest independent group of highly creative individuals must have some form of organization. Almost everyone must interact with all sizes of organizations ranging from Microsoft with its predominance in the electronic world to the local coffee, pizza, bagel, or grocery store. This omnipresence in all parts of our post baccalaureate careers means understanding organizations is synonymous with the pursuit of rewarding employment and achieving our goals. Except for the unusual and most likely unemployable individual, the need to operate effectively within organizations is as real a skill and an occu pational necessity as knowing how to find a job or learn a vocation.
