The Seventh Principle- The Time Schedule of The Course of Action

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 Emerson’s seventh principle states that the course of action should be precisely determined. He stresses the importance of forward planning and having a direct route to follow to achieve your goals. Emerson acknowledges that while having a plan, the success of the project is determined by external and internal forces. While you have direct control over the internal forces, you do not have control over and subsequently are always relying on the external forces to truly be successful. 

After leaving the University, Emerson became an emigration agent for the Union Pacific Railroad, land agent for the Burlington and Missouri Railroad in Keith County, Nebraska and surveyor with the Lincoln Land Company. This allowed Emerson to gain extremely valuable knowledge of choice lands. Emerson and his family ended up investing $70,000 into a, in theory brilliant idea of investing in future town sites but was destroyed by drought and crop failures dropped crop prices and interrupted mortgage payments. 

Emersons seventh principle argues that in order to have the highest chance of success with regard to goals, having a strict schedule and plan is necessary. The ability to create not only a detailed plan, but also be able to get subordinates to stick to the plan is a necessary skill of a manager. This skill is acquired by trial and error and must be specialised to each individual's abilities, this takes infinite skill and knowledge. 


-Paige




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