With very small organizations you can get the 'cult of personality' effect where a charismatic leader can wholly control the organization. Such organizations effectiveness depend on the person in control and the resources they can wield.
Mid sized organizations can mitigate some or all of the problems with a COP. Garner more resources and keep rules and bureaucracy small. They can however fall under the sway of a "clique of personality". Effectiveness of the organization then depends on the clique...
Large national organizations shift over to running under some, any or all of the above and a large oily dose of Pournelle's Law. They can be a psychotic mix of all of those with one group in Indiana being good and one group in Georgia being bad.
There are well run examples of small, mid and large sized groups that manage to mitigate or prevent such human folly but I've seen a lot of groups that do not. They can be effective but they can also be strange and erratic.
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With very small organizations you can get the 'cult of personality' effect where a charismatic leader can wholly control the organization. Such organizations effectiveness depend on the person in control and the resources they can wield.
Mid sized organizations can mitigate some or all of the problems with a COP. Garner more resources and keep rules and bureaucracy small. They can however fall under the sway of a "clique of personality". Effectiveness of the organization then depends on the clique...
Large national organizations shift over to running under some, any or all of the above and a large oily dose of Pournelle's Law. They can be a psychotic mix of all of those with one group in Indiana being good and one group in Georgia being bad.
There are well run examples of small, mid and large sized groups that manage to mitigate or prevent such human folly but I've seen a lot of groups that do not. They can be effective but they can also be strange and erratic.