Originally Posted by
Sideshow Bob
No, each 'div' has a corporate structure. The whole point is that there are too many conflicting layers to the structure. The customer UK Gov is also part of the Corp Structure. MOD also part customer/part Corp/Part Div (MOD agencies). Each service has it's own Corp structure and many conflicting divs. To say it's wasteful would be an understatement.
No, I think you’re making too simplistic a comparison. The differences between any public and commercial enterprise in the UK is huge. HMG as sole customer and shareholder, vastly complex HMT imposed policies around procurement, employment, use of and accounting for money. These are just not replicated to anything like the same scale or degree, where they exist at all.
Base your analysis on the world as it is, not as you would wish it to be.