Chapter 13 | Quotes From Pages 111-123 1.Mutually exclusive means that what goes on in the Tire Division is not duplicated in Housewares, and what goes on in Sports Equipment is distinct from both. In other words, no overlaps. Collectively exhaustive means that what goes on in all three divisions is everything that goes on in the Akron Tire and Rubber Company. In other words, nothing left out. 2.If you apply these rules when you divide, you can be sure that the structure you create shows all the pieces that must be described if you are to explain it to someone else. 3.The order you put the boxes in will reflect the principle of division you employed to create them. 4.Forcing yourself to impose an order of this sort... permits you to check that you have been collectively exhaustive for your purposes. 5.You cannot tell that nonsense is being written unless you first impose a structure on it. It is the imposition of the
structure that permits you to see flaws and omissions. 6.Order based on class groupings is much less widely used in business writing than is either time order or structural order. 7.Once you know a grouping of ideas is valid and complete, you are in a position to draw a logical inference from it, as explained in