You are absolutely right that is the organization perspective in almost every organization I know that's larger than say 100 employees.
That's why I avoid them. They have every right to their perspective, just as I have every right to interpret it: status quo is supreme. Efficiency, effectiveness and progress are far second. In fact, larger organizations are INTENTIONALLY inefficient, as it limits the damage any one bad actor can accomplish. This makes sense for the large organization, but for the individual perspective, it means those who play politics are more valuable than those who actually get shit done.
It's why I love small businesses. Generally getting shit done is supreme and the need for appearances is less.
I get the appearance game, and many people who refuse to play also get it. But I find it sleazy and fickle. I mean it's mostly based on heuristics. Funny, Adam Smith seems to agree on large corporations being less focused on results: "This total exemption from trouble and from risk, beyond a limited sum, encourages many people to become adventurers in joint stock companies who would, upon no account, hazard their own fortunes in any private copartnery. The directors of such companies, however, being the managers rather of other people’s money than their own, it cannot well be expected that they should watch over it with the same anxious vigilance with which the partners in a private copartnery frequently watch over their own."
That's why I avoid them. They have every right to their perspective, just as I have every right to interpret it: status quo is supreme. Efficiency, effectiveness and progress are far second. In fact, larger organizations are INTENTIONALLY inefficient, as it limits the damage any one bad actor can accomplish. This makes sense for the large organization, but for the individual perspective, it means those who play politics are more valuable than those who actually get shit done.
It's why I love small businesses. Generally getting shit done is supreme and the need for appearances is less.
I get the appearance game, and many people who refuse to play also get it. But I find it sleazy and fickle. I mean it's mostly based on heuristics. Funny, Adam Smith seems to agree on large corporations being less focused on results: "This total exemption from trouble and from risk, beyond a limited sum, encourages many people to become adventurers in joint stock companies who would, upon no account, hazard their own fortunes in any private copartnery. The directors of such companies, however, being the managers rather of other people’s money than their own, it cannot well be expected that they should watch over it with the same anxious vigilance with which the partners in a private copartnery frequently watch over their own."