The most common way of thinking about an organization is as a group of individuals working together towards a common purpose. This mental model of an organization or a team can be useful in many development and alignment efforts, but when it comes to improving or changing the organization, the focus on individuals gets in the way.
When managing change and improvement, it makes more sense to think of the organization as a standalone machine or a product with certains features and traits that can be amended, added to, and improved.