Large bureaucracies risk isolated, forgotten information across distributed units

Evidence

As the 9/11 Report emphasized, successfully anticipating, discovering, and averting terrorists’ plans requires the ability to integrate ” all-source” intelligence—in other words, success hinges on the ability to “connect the dots” (p. 416). Unfortunately, complex bureaucracies often evolve a variety of mechanisms that tend to isolate the dots. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1986 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Distributed commercial data collection is structurally opaque and hard to contest — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 389; Complementary monitoring strategies never combined because agencies hoarded information; Complex bureaucracies evolve mechanisms that isolate rather than connect critical information — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1986 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Complex bureaucracies evolve mechanisms that isolate rather than connect critical information #expands (0.93) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1986