Part of the problem is that the managers simply want to keep their jobs. The statements about the latest round of boardroom and upper management scandals also include recognition of a certain amoun t of incestuous inbreeding. There is a certain group think that evident within many businesses which means everyone lock steps behind the boss right above them even if they’re all headed off a cliff.
Did you notice the statements from the Walmart executive that was fired in December 2006? She was apparently hired about a year previously as a change agent for the giant retailer. Apparently management KNOWS things should change but the reality is that as long as the group think is alive, nothing will really change…. and this makes it dangerous to be a project manager in many corporate environments.