title: Corporate Tides: The Inescapable Laws of Organizational Structure
author:  Robert Fritz 
description: <b>Corporate Tides</b> describes a brilliant approach that moves us away from a preoccupation with futile business concepts and demonstrates how to deal objectively with the realities of the business environment.... Robert Fritz's book compels us to refocus our thinking on creating our future rather than reacting to day-to-day dilemmas.
zlib_text: ##### Praise for  
   _The Path of Least Resistance for Managers_  
  from [Amazon.com](http://www.Amazon.com)
  
  In the Foreword, Peter Senge notes Fritz's distinction between "structural
  tension" which enables an organization to succeed and "structural conflict"
  which causes an organization to "oscillate" rather than advance. Both Senge
  and Fritz insist that it is possible to design organizations to succeed.
  
  It is insufficient merely to design an appropriate structure. The organization
  must also make certain that everyone involved understands that structure and,
  especially, understands what is expected of them to ensure that structure's
  effectiveness. In a "total learning organization", moreover, everyone involved
  is prepared to help make whatever modifications may be necessary.
  
  Fritz does a brilliant job of explaining HOW to achieve all of these
  objectives. The material is organized within a framework provided by what he
  calls "The Nine Laws of Organizational Structure." At the end of e