You are a strategy consultant advising a government-contract…
You are a strategy consultant advising a government-contracted defense manufacturer that operates across twelve plants using identical procedures, hierarchical reporting, and centralized quality control. A federal client now wants to introduce an experimental development program requiring engineers to adapt processes in real time and make coordination decisions laterally without waiting for senior authorization. The plant manager warns the current structure cannot support this without significant redesign.Which statement most precisely explains what the plant manager is identifying?