The Competitive Games 17 1.8 THE COMPETITIvE GaMES Each of the competitive games discussed in this section corresponds to a given paradigm in the following matrix (Figure 1.9). Together, these games have dominated the management scene for the better part of the past century. Each has produced an order-of-magnitude change in performance measures, and each has had a profound effect on our lives. Each paradigm has its own unique mode of organization, and every mode of organization, by virtue of its requirement for specific talents, creates its own clique and privileged members. These members often trans- late their privileges into power and influence. The higher the level of success, the greater the stake in continuing an existing order and the higher the resistance to change. Unfortunately, the inability to change an out- dated mode of organization is as tragic for the viability of a corporation as the consequence of missing a technological break is for the viability of a product line. 1.8.1 Mass Production -- Interchangeability