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How Organisational Silos Inhibit Service Excellence

ESMi Knowledge Team

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Functional optimisation can damage the end-to-end service when departments pursue local targets without shared accountability.

Why it matters

The book presents service management as an enterprise discipline centred on services, stakeholders and value. The practical test is whether work is organised around the consumer outcome rather than around the provider's structure. In this case, the practical intent is clear: functional optimisation can damage the end-to-end service when departments pursue local targets without shared accountability.

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