Originally Posted by
Sideshow Bob
Not really, Northrop Grumman has circa 120,000 employees and 4 Divisions over numerous geographical locations worldwide. It's a vastly complex business and easily on a scale similar to HM Armed Forces. However, there's only one Corporate structure and turns a pretty profit. There are those who get on with it and see through the trees to the solution, and there are those who make excuses because they know no better and because it's always been done that way.
(ps my analysis is based on the real world I live in, the private sector)
I have the benefit of working in both Defence and in the private sector as a NED as well as being the chair of a charity. Scale is one thing, but you’re not addressing my point about what it means to be in the Government sector. The rules are numerous, onerous and in addition to those faced by the commercial sector. Oh, and the opposition is seldom out to win more than the next contract.