 Why is Caswell so confident that his organizational model will cause the group to grow?
He had a book in his hand and I was expecting him to throw it, but he spoke instead: "This department's analysis of institutional accretion, by the use of open system mathematics, has been recognized as an outstanding and valuable contribution to—" The words were impressive, whatever they meant, but this still didn't sound like anything that would pull in money. "By these formulations, it is possible to determine automatically the amount of growth and period of life of any organization. I shook hands and left him standing there, sure of his place in the progress of science and the respect of his colleagues, yet seething inside because I, the president and dean, had boorishly demanded that he produce something tangible.
 Because he is an expert in human social behavior.
 Because he is an expert in pyramid schemes.  Because he is an expert in socialism.  Because he is an expert in organizational strategies.  Because he is an expert in human social behavior.