It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system, for the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions... Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition - Page 1by Everett M. Rogers - 2003 - 576 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Henry Cisneros - Political Science - 1993 - 380 pages
...Stopping the Hemorrhaging: Human Problems at a Crisis Point KNEELAND YOUNGBLOOD It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful...more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution... | |
| Cameron M. Ford, Dennis A. Gioia - Business & Economics - 1995 - 428 pages
...progresses. Sell the Products of Creativity. Nicolo Machiavelli once cautioned: It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful...more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution... | |
| John Murphy, Jeffry Schiller - Education - 1995 - 324 pages
...to the readers. INTRODUCTION I NOTHING LESS THAN TRANSFORMATION WILL DO i It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful...more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution,... | |
| Ken Burnett - Fund raising - 1996 - 620 pages
...refer to our second guide who summarises the problems we face but provides the inspiration to carry on. There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful...more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. Table 10 The benefits of identifying and resolving customer complaints Satisfied Intention... | |
| Merton P. Strommen - Religion - 1984 - 196 pages
...has been known to writers down through the ages. In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote in The Prince: There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful...of a new order of things. Whenever his enemies have occasion to attack the innovator they do so with the passion of partisans, while the others defend... | |
| Donald B. Bibeault - Business & Economics - 1998 - 432 pages
...interview, February 1978. THE BASICS OF CORPORATE TURNAROUND MANAGEMENT // must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful...more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions... | |
| Michael L. Millenson - Health & Fitness - 1999 - 476 pages
...that challenge. Changing the •J Cr Paradigm of Medical Practice CHAPTER SEVEN Trust Me, I'ma Doctor There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful...new order of things. . . .Whenever his enemies have occasion to attack the innovator they do so with the passion of partisans. — Niccolo Machiavelli,... | |
| John Douglas House - Business & Economics - 1999 - 332 pages
...Economic Zone unit, and the Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador. It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful...more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions... | |
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