Corporate Governance vs Local Autonomy
Set non-negotiable enterprise risk thresholds and delegate all decisions within those limits to site management.
CyberTRIZ analysis · Seveso contradiction GV003 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI
Regulations
Business Context
Corporate governance promotes consistency, standardization, and
enterprise-wide risk management. Individual facilities, however, require
sufficient autonomy to respond to local operational conditions.
The Contradiction
Greater corporate governance improves consistency.
Greater local autonomy improves operational adaptability.
Why It Exists
Corporate standards cannot anticipate every operational situation
encountered at individual facilities.
Direction
Define enterprise standards while delegating operational decisions
within clearly established governance boundaries.
TRIZ principles applied
P15 DynamicsP05 MergingP06 UniversalityP01 SegmentationP13 The Other Way Around