Things change when an organization becomes big and established. When it get big, the people in charge can't run things directly, and have to rely on delegation

Things change when an organization becomes big and established. When it get big, the people in charge can't run things directly, and have to rely on delegation and established procedures to get things done the way they want. And when a company no longer has to fight for its life every quarter, there is room for a world of distractions beyond getting things done. The question worth asking is whether this can be avoided. Is there a large, old company that manages to be vigorous and action-oriented rather than a mass of politics and process?