Comments on: Mich. merges IT and budget departments http://civsourceonline.com/2009/11/18/mich-merges-it-and-budget-departments/ The Source For Civic Leaders Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:46:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tripp Babbitt http://civsourceonline.com/2009/11/18/mich-merges-it-and-budget-departments/comment-page-1/#comment-3333 Tripp Babbitt Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:53:16 +0000 http://civsourceonline.com/?p=2271#comment-3333 All: We have found that sharing services usually results in increased costs. The design and management of work is the biggest lever for improvement. We assume things are optimal and then share services to reduce expenses, bad assumption. As service lessens in a shared services arrangement, more people are hired costing even more money. Please read: <a href="http://blog.newsystemsthinking.com/blog/shared-services-strategy/0/0/the-case-against-shared-services" target="_blank">http://blog.newsystemsthinking.com/blog/shared-se...</a> <a href="http://blog.newsystemsthinking.com/blog/shared-services-strategy/0/0/dos-and-donts-of-a-shared-services-strategy" target="_blank">http://blog.newsystemsthinking.com/blog/shared-se...</a> Regards, Tripp Babbitt <a href="http://www.newsystemsthinking.com" target="_blank">www.newsystemsthinking.com</a> <a href="http://www.thesystemsthinkingreview.com" target="_blank">www.thesystemsthinkingreview.com</a> (government help) All:

We have found that sharing services usually results in increased costs. The design and management of work is the biggest lever for improvement. We assume things are optimal and then share services to reduce expenses, bad assumption. As service lessens in a shared services arrangement, more people are hired costing even more money.

Please read:
http://blog.newsystemsthinking.com/blog/shared-se...
http://blog.newsystemsthinking.com/blog/shared-se...

Regards, Tripp Babbitt
http://www.newsystemsthinking.com
http://www.thesystemsthinkingreview.com (government help)

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