- Feedback from the production floor to management is disregarded
- No communication between departments (operations, quality, sales, engineering, etc)
- A majority of resources are allocated to one plant and department
- No "one team, one goal" mentality
- High attrition
- Decisions made by middle and upper management are hardly supported by numerical data
- "Good Ol' Boy" mentality is spreading like a California wildfire
- No enforcement of ethics
- No structured training for non-production staff