1. Organization Effectiveness vs. Maturity in the face of Growth.
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2. Organizations seek to maintain effectiveness as they grow in scope, scale, and complexity.
IBM
HIGH
Your Co X0 X1
Growth without increase in systems & process maturity lowers effectiveness.
Accenture
IBM
Accenture
Effectiveness X2
Systems & Process Maturity
LOW
HIGH
Government Agency
Electric Utility
Dot.Com
LOW

3. Add just enough structure (i. e
Add just enough structure (i.e., Systems & Processes) to maintain/increase effectiveness as organization grows.
Conclusion:
Larger organizations need more structure to maintain effectiveness.
In small organizations each person does a lot of different things.
With growth, people need to specialize and processes and systems evolve to get things done well.
HIGH X0
Your Co X2
Effectiveness
IBM
Accenture X1
Systems & Process Maturity
LOW
HIGH
Government Agency
Electric Utility
Dot.Com
LOW