I think the problem with having people admit that it doesn't make sense to run the IT department as a business is that it flies in the face of capitalist ideology.
If a corporation can better succeed by having everyone work "as a team" instead of as businesses buying and selling services, maybe society can, too? But wait, doesn't that sound like "socialism"? ;-)
A corporation is a government construct, hence it is a socialist construct, not a capitalist one. It is a direct creation of and controlled by the government.
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"We should recognize that state corporatism is a form of socialism, and it is nearly inevitable in a mixed economy that the introduction of more socialism will cartelize industry and consolidate wealth in the hands of the few."
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Therefore, describing it as capitalist is misleading.
It is a direct creation of and controlled by the government.
Well I'm not sure I'm with you on that one. Maybe that was the original intent, when government would revoke charters etc., but we're pretty far from that time now.
If a corporation can better succeed by having everyone work "as a team" instead of as businesses buying and selling services, maybe society can, too? But wait, doesn't that sound like "socialism"? ;-)