Eradicating Organization Silos

Organizations have traditionally been structured in a top-down manner. Often missing in this structure is the connectivity between functions and departments. What connects workflows are business processes. According to the author, 72% of all improvement opportunities are directly related to deficient business processes and organization silos. Many leaders miss the fact that, without a strong business process structure, it is nearly impossible to improve performance. The sources of problems that arise, remain hidden in such case, and so lead to a trivial solution. Thus, redefining the organization according to workflow and knowledge requirements is important, and then improvement opportunities offered can be addressed. Hence, the organization silo problem can be solved by matching up the organization chart with the business system and business process. Read more at: http://www.businessmapping.com/blog/eliminate-organization-silos/