Ekta mein bal vs Managing the ekta

For a few days, an old public message that used to be aired on "Doordarshan", keeps floating in front of my eyes. It showed that a single stick by itself was easy to break, but when tied together with a piece of rope, they were impossible to break. That is, "Ekta mein bal".

Now, I have been thinking that this philosophy has an intrinsic overhead. When the number of sticks are massive, then tying the string properly to ensure the "ekta" over weighs the power provided by it. For example, consider a team of professionals. When there are few people in the team, it is so easy to manage it and the real power of "ekta" (or team work) is realised. Now consider a huge team (read as sticks), then we intend to go for multiple managers (read as strings) and managing the managers and sticks causes a massive overhead to the project, that impacts the output of the team right away.

Similarly consider the fact that as a nation we have been trying to stay united, from the time of our independence. Have our political system, politicians and administrative systems been capable enough to tie us all together?