Comment by AtlasBarfed
3 days ago
"within an organization and can cause division/animosity between teams"
Are you aware of what goes on in middle management? This is the normal state of affairs between managers.
If what you are saying is true, then .......
Why is there competition in the open marketplace? You have just validated my suggestion that internally companies operate like communists.
i am not an expert, but i think the theory of competition leading to better outcomes in a marketplace is the availability of alternatives if one company went bad (in addition to price competition etc)
inside a company you are working for the same goal "against" the outside, so its probably more an artifact of how our economy is oriented
i'd guess if our economy was oriented around cooperation instead of "competition" (while keeping alternatives around) that dichotomy might go away...
just some random thoughts from an internet person