You are right, I expressed that poorly. I wanted to disagree with the GP's following assertion. > in an unhealthy organization people can take advantage and no

You are right, I expressed that poorly. I wanted to disagree with the GP's following assertion. > in an unhealthy organization people can take advantage and not get back. I interpreted it as "unhealthy competition is a result of unhealthy organisation". My take is internal competition is a big reason that results in unhealthy organisation. The point I wanted to make was if the management is not careful to snuff out competition at early stages it'll get bad and that the upper management must constantly foster co-operation, not just by talking about it but by showing it in action. For instance if leaf level workers see that there are two VPs with overlapping charters who are sort of having a rift then they will copy their behaviour. And in your org it's clear that co-operation is being fostered, a great example is everyone having the same title. It's a terrific way to show to everyone that the management means what they say.