Scalability is a critical challenge in large organizations.

Dimensional complexity:
The lessons from the tic-tac-toe game illustrate the increase in complexity
 when the number of 'dimensions' is increased.   
 
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The typical large multinational corporation has between 10-20 different dimensions.

Typical Dimensions of Multi-national Corporations
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Legal (Incorporation) entities (subsidiaries, et al.)
  Holding Company, 
     Major corporation(s), 
        Wholly owned subsidiaries, 
           Partially owned subsidiaries, 
             Joint ventures,  
               etc.
  
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Product lines:   
    Automotive; commercial; residential; consumer; 

                 Government; Industry; Commercial; Consumer;
                 Commercial; Military; Government;
                 Professional, Amateur, Government
                 Manufacturing, Wholesale, Retail, Servicing
                 Marketing, Sales, Generation, Delivery, Rentals
                 Operating Systems, Office Applications, Advertising, Cloud, Hardware
                 Research, Exploration, Drilling, Pumping, Tanker transport, Refining,
                    Pipeline Delivery, Storage, Wholesale Distribution, Retail Stations
                 Mining, Refining, Manufacturing, Distribution,      
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                 Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac

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Marketing regions:
            North America; South America; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; Asia;
            
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Customers:
            Government, Corporate/Industry, Commercial; Consumer
            
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Product quality:
          Basic, Intermediate, Premium
          Beginner, Advanced, Ultimate
          Broken, More Broken, Most Broken (OS)
           
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Plant/Office locations:
         Detroit, St.Louis, Atlanta, Portland, etc.
         
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Functional:
       Marketing (sales), Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Assembly, 
       Packaging, Distribution, Service
       
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Product/Project breakdown
   By contracts, Product lines, etc.

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Processes
    Configuration management, Quality Assurance, Reliability Engineering, 
    Risk Management, Budgeting, Human Resources, Finance/accounting, etc.
    
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Reporting hierarchy
Caste (Org level)
    President, Vice Presidents, Sr.Managers, Managers, Supervisors, Leads, Employees,
    

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Corporate CEO
Company President
Company Vice President and President of Aerospace Group
Aerospace Division Vice President
Plant Manager
Engineering Manager
Electronics Labs 2nd-level Manager
Electronics Test Lab 1st- level Manager
Electronics Test Supervisor
Electronics Lead Engineer
Electronics Technician
    
    
    People (Workforce):
     Owners, full time employees, part time employees, contract employees, subcontractors,

Pay scales      
     Hourly, Non-exempt Salaried, Exempt-Salaried, Bonuses, Golden-parachutes
     1st-shift, 2nd-shift, 3rd-shift, Weekday overtime, Weekend overtime, Holiday overtime
     
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Company A and Company B are similar sized companies.
Merging the two companies is thought to be beneficial
  ... because the companies markets/product lines, etc 
  "complement" each other.
  
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Company-A     Company-B
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  The new 'merged' company
  with the additional organizational
  structure to coordinate and manage
  the two previous operations.
  
  
The new "King of the Pyramid" 
gains (power, $$$, etc.) especially
if he or she stays focused
on the "tip of the iceberg"
and largely ignores the rest.

As the ship rides lower and lower in the water
(under the increasing weight of the 
merger and acquisition complexities)
more and more people end up below the waterline
(underwater) - victims of the greed of  
feudal corporate leaders.
  
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