Stayingcompetitiveintoday’seconomyisessentialtoanyorganization.Schoolorganizationsalsomustbenimbleandagiletosurvive.Thatrequiresdevelopingincreasedabilitytosense，evenpredict，theproblemsposedbytheirenvironmentsandinventsolutionstothem.Thisispartoftheconceptofthelearningorganization:anorganization，learnstonimblyadapttounfoldingchangesintheenvironment.Itisalsocalledorganizationdevelopment.
ItisthecontraryofTaylor’sScientificManagementtheory.Itviewedthetotalorganization，insteadoftheindividualworker，asthefocusofattention.Forclassicaltheorists，anorganizationismuchmorethantheinterfaceofhumanandmachine.Theheadmastercanuseittomotivatetheteachers.Theteacherswouldfeelmorerespectedundertheleaderwiththismethod，andmayreturnwithenthusiasmandcreativity.
Basicassumptionsareaboutpeople’snature，thenatureofhumanrelationships，thenatureofhumanactivity，andthenatureoftherelationshipsbetweenpeopleandtheirphysicalandsocialenvironments.Basicassumptionsinhumannatureareconsistof:Freedom-Determinism，Rationality-Irrationality，Holism-Elemetalism，Constitutionalism-Environmentalism，Subjectivity-Objectivity，Proactivity-Reactivity，Homeostasis-Heterostasis，andKnowability-Unknownablity.
Theprinciplecanusethetheoryofbasicassumptionstounderstandtheemployees，andtomotiveaswellastoinductthem.Iftheworkersalwaysgetpositiveassumptionsfromthecampusenvironment，theymayoptimisticandwillingtocontribute，andviseversa.Theleadermayalsousethebasicassumptionstogetanalysisoftheinstitutionandworkers，thushelpdesigningthefuture.