1.) The day I made no clear decision on structure
The purpose of an organizational structure is to align accountabilities to make sure things get done. Yet, in some organizations, management doesn't make the reporting structure clear. For instance, with the military, the Navy in specific on my ship, I borrowed some sailors from various departments for preservation to the ship.
The strategy was to insure the ship was rust free, yet with some people reporting to various petty officers of different rank levels it became very difficult to get the entire ship done in a short amount of time. Ev…
