Having also worked for and with large companies, the amount of nonsense mistakes made on their behalf cannot usually be attributed to conscious decision making. More often than out, the outcome of a Corporate transaction is equal parts profit motive, self-interest on the part of the employees involved, and done at the barest minimum effort involved by those who would most likely be directly responsible for the request.
Edit: ronintetsuro, just read this C4SS post and thought you might enjoy it: http://hubski.com/pub?id=94700More often than out, the outcome of a Corporate transaction is equal parts profit motive, self-interest on the part of the employees involved, and done at the barest minimum effort involved by those who would most likely be directly responsible for the request.
Again, this is unfortunately the human condition. Most people do as little as is needed to get by and maintain their status quo. This is one of the reasons welfare is so cyclical.