suboptimisation
C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
The pursuit of one unit's goals in a way that damages the interests of the wider organisation.
Rewarding each plant on its own cost per unit encouraged suboptimisation, as managers overproduced to absorb overhead.
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