A quick run through of some advantages of being a small organization:
- staying fast, flexible and nimble
- more customer oriented
- less bureaucracy and red tape
- quicker decision process
- less corporate politics
- more focus on results (instead of power and money)
- easier to attract creative talent
- easier to collaborate in networks
- employees more empowered
- more change and action oriented
- less jerks
- more experimental culture
- project-centered approach to organization
- less formal structure
- better adaptability to external change
- better use of capital (no "leakage" into bureaucracy)
Anything you want to add? Please comment.
//jan