The Limiting Factor Principle of Organizational Maturity: A Non-Compensatory Model Under Structural Interdependence
Abstract
Organizational maturity models are widely used to assess stages of institutional development across domains such as quality management, digital transformation, shared services, and enterprise operations. Yet many assessment operationalizations rely on compensatory aggregation (e.g., weighted averages or composite indices), allowing localized strengths to obscure structural fragilities in interdependent systems. This paper formalizes a non-compensatory structural principle: under structural interdependence, the global level of institutional maturity cannot exceed the maturity of the least consolidated critical competency within the system.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Information Technology Governance and Strategy
Organizational Change and Leadership
Accounting and Organizational Management
Publication details
- Journal / source
- XBN – Xcellence Business Newsletter
- Volume
- 2026
- Issue
- 03
- Publication date
- 11 March 2026
- Language
- EN