Intro

This reconstruction examines the relationship between organisational efficiency, process optimisation, resource minimisation, adaptability, resilience, strategic flexibility, optionality, and system survivability. It explores how efficiency became one of the dominant management objectives of the early 2020s and why the systematic elimination of variation, redundancy, buffers, and alternative pathways often reduced the adaptive capacity of organisations. Relevant concepts include organisational design, operational efficiency, resilience engineering, decision-making under uncertainty, systems thinking, complexity management, and strategic optionality.

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