The Parts Of A Whole

The chassis, steering, suspension, engine, and hydraulic and electrical controls have to be tuned to one another.  

Business and corporate strategy deal with large-scale design-type problems.  the greater the challenge, or the higher the performance sought, the more interactions have to be considered.  Think, for instance of what it takes to give a BMW 3 Series car that "driving machine" feel.  

The chassis, steering, suspension, engine, and hydraulic and electrical controls have to be tuned to one another.  You can make a car out of high-quality off-the-shelf parts, but it won't be a "driving machine."  In a case like this there is a sharp gain to careful coordination of the parts into a whole.

ACTION POINT: Consider the parts of your organization and how they interact.  Do your customers experience the "driving machine" feel?