Lack of Freedom
Vibrant businesses thrive in part because employees have the license and opportunity to offer creative input. Business planning tends to be a top-down endeavor; in other words, managers articulate missions and goals, and employees are enlisted to pursue these aims. This process may not allow employees sufficient freedom to influence either the company's long-term objectives or its short-term strategies. This lack of freedom is disadvantageous to the company, which robs itself of the potential for exciting new ideas. It is also disadvantageous to the employees, who miss out on opportunities to become engaged.