That is presuming you are able to find out what is happening -- the dysfunctional situation that I described comes about mainly because everybody is pedalling s

That is presuming you are able to find out what is happening -- the dysfunctional situation that I described comes about mainly because everybody is pedalling so hard they don't have time for humane man-management let alone watertight oversight and review. In a half-way competent organisation the team is able to align to common goals and people can be trusted to work together towards a mutually agreed outcome. It is when the organisation is run in an aggressively competitive dog-eat-dog manner -- where (for example) a five man team is responsible for its' own profit and loss; where the teams that are perceived as performing well -- that are willing to lie and deceive more aggressively -- are allowed to cannibalise budget and resources from teams that try to maintain some semblance of decency -- where your nationality and race have a bearing on whether you have credibility within the organisation -- where managers scream at each other in the corridors and conspire against each other behind their backs -- and where engineers are threatened with lawsuits should they dare to leave ...