Hoffman and Bazerman, in a chapter on "Understanding and overcoming the organizational and psychological barriers to action," concluded that:
Crossing organizational barriers is very difficult.
UDL is intended to increase access to learning by reducing physical, cognitive, intellectual, and organizational barriers to learning, as well as other obstacles.
If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier.
This includes assessment of resources, development and allocation of budget, looking at organizational barriers, and coordination of the program with all other departments, including external organizations and the community.
"The cultural, organizational and legal barriers are much higher than the technological barriers," he said.
In addition, some installations report that the gainsharing efforts, by focusing attention on organizational barriers to productivity improvements, help provide mechanisms and incentive for solving these problems.
The obverse of Employee Involvement is Participative Management, Ford's attempt to break down the organizational barriers between management hierarchies.
When people have to pick, they have to confront some of the fear and organizational barriers that lead to the status quo.
The group also predicted that "logistical, financial, and organizational barriers will block the way toward any bandwidth guarantees" by protocol modifications aimed at QoS.