Information system developers may distribute certain activities whilst tightening the screws on centralised surveillance over work performances. Executives in remote parts of the world can monitor the performance levels of airline reservation staff in unsupervised offices, check-out counter staff, telesales staff. The computer log of an individual's every transaction is reportable. What was done, Performance ratios. Exclusive access to key data even permits money to be made as Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd demonstrated with pork-bellies and orange juice in the film in Trading Places.
Insider dealing is the obvious further reference.
Other organisational members have an interest in breaking such dependency. Then we have the problem of service contracts and service level agreements - getting the flexibility we need. Departments nurture their own experts. Roles are duplicated across the organisation as whole. Techies - replicate.