Vantaggi
An industry giant with remarkable technology innovation and advancements, smart leadership at the top, a balanced product portfolio across civil and military sectors that helps sustain the company through market fluctuations. Exemplary communications to the workforce about change, company health and strategy. A people-oriented company culture with exemplary corporate social responsibility.
Svantaggi
Speaking of one particular business unit, there seems a much greater and unwarranted empahsis on cost-containment and risk-aversion measures than risk-taking innovation and advancements. Engineering labor is at capacity in meeting contract and product sustainment demands, at the expense of innovation, R&D, rapid prototyping of prospective products or improvements, and job satisfaction. The delegation of authority and management system procedures are heavy-handed, complex, centralized, and not so tailorable to the needs for agility and autonomy at the indivudual business sites and value streams.