Like mentioned, competition (healthy kind) is good within a company as it can often push employees to strive to do their very best. However it can get to the point where it may create negative stigma or environment. If the competition is too highly enforced, then there can be destruction of team dynamics where people are seeking to blame others for things that go wrong and purposely not contribute so that they might take credit. A way to combat this would be to emphasize continually the team mentality across departments: if one of us fail, we all take the hit vs. it is this department’s fault. While there may be accountability placed, the reality that there will not be ultimate progress unless everyone does well is what needs to be driven home. I have found in my workplace that this mentality is one that is the most helpful in team collaboration as it also encourages employees to help others do their job well so that everyone ‘wins’.