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1、AA^?+3Fo*t'/'toTGgmTHEMINTOPYMMIDPRINCIPLELOGICINWRITING,THINKINGANDPROBLESOLVINGMBARBARAMINTOTheMintoPyramidPrinciple:LogicinWriting,ThinkingandProblemSolvingCop,-right@2003b_y-BarbaraMintoAllrightsreserved.Thisbookmaynotbereproducedortran.smitted,inwholeorinpart,inanv.fonnorh.v*af
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3、ntber:95-094799/SBN0-96019I0-4-6De.sign:VeraDeutschl&&e*.,,."Thereisnothingsousefulasagoodtheory."KURTLEWINPREFACEln7973Ipublishedasetofsixbookletscalled"ThePyramidPrin•ciple"thattalkedaboutanewwayoftacklingtheproblemofunclearreportwriting,particularlyinconsultingreports.Itsaid,inef
4、fect,thatclearwritingwaseasytorecognizebecauseithadaclearpyramidalstructure,whileunclearwritingalwaysdeviatedfromthatstructure.Theideaswithinthepyramidrelateinalimitednumberoflogicalways(up,down,andsideways)makingitpossibletodefinegeneralrulesaboutthem.Thus,thekeytoclearwritingistos
5、tructureyourtl'rinkingintoapyramidandcheckitagainsttherulesbeforeyoubegintowrite.TheseideasweredevelopedwhileIwasworkingforMcKinsey&Company,theinternationalmanagementconsultingfirm,firstinClevelandandtheninLondon.McKinseyhadhiredmein7963astheirfirstfemaleconsultant,selectedfromthegr
6、oupofeightpioneeringwomenpermittedtoattendtheHarvardBusinessSchoolthatyear.McKinseyrapidlyconcludedthatIwashopelesswithnumberabutacapa•blewriter.Consequently,theymovedmetoLondontoworkwithEuropeanswhowerefacedwiththetaskofwritingreportsinEnglish.Interestingly,whenIbeganresearchingmat
7、erialonreportwriting,Idiscoveredthatwhiletherewereanenormousnumberofbooksonhowtowritebettersentencesandparagraphs,therewerenobooksonhowtoorganizethethinkingthosesen•tencesandparagraphsaremeanttoconvey.Anybookthatdidtouchonthesubjectsaidthingslike"Belogical"or"Havealogicaloutline."Ho
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