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/

Management's responsibility must be met instead of hierarchical reporting. Organization should be redefined and opportunities must be addressed. Most improvement opportunities are directly related to deficient business processes and organization silos. Without a strong business process structure, it is nearly impossible to improve performance. There are 12 Business Systems in any organization which are a collection of business processes that align to deliver the goals of the system. A business process transforms the input by value addition into the output. All business transactions take place through business processes that connect in a series to form Business Systems. We typically find somewhere between 8-16 business processes per Business System. A key to performance improvement is to tackle the silos created by traditional organization structures. Read more at: http://www.businessmapping.com/blog/eliminate-organization-silos/