As a result, organizations develop more structure and become more stable. For example, human resources departments establish more extensive programs for employee advancement and retention. Companies implement more sophisticated financial controls and analysis including such radical concepts as budgeting and, dare we suggest, profits. No longer solely obsessed with whatever it takes to get the next product or service out the door in order to establish themselves, they're more likely to take on higher-order issues such as employee development and community outreach. As companies grow, communication becomes more difficult.
Decision making often involves more people, more politics, and more bureaucracy.
The effect on employees can include a diminished sense of personal impact and responsibility and a feeling that it requires more effort to get less done. Some employees including CEOs are perpetual builders and don't have the stomach, nor the interest, in running a profitable operation. Meet the New Boss Same as the Old Boss Despite this, many of those who have remained at CNET claim that it's a better company to work for now than it was years ago, citing that it has a better idea of what it's doing and has learned a lot about how to be successful. With executives and senior managers who have survived just about every management pitfall and fad, there comes a definite assurance and opportunities to learn by example. The School of Hard Knocks charges a mean tuition.