organizational maintenance has to do with motivation within an organization.  In particular when various departments of an organization come into conflict with each other to the detriment of the organization as a whole.  One common battleground is the budget.  For example, which dept should get more funding, golf, food and beverage, parks and rec???  Another common misconception is that supervisors with more subordinates should be paid more that those with fewer, motivating managers to grow their departments.