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11. Practice – Services and Functions

Tom Graves1  
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Eaglehawk, VIC, Australia
 

In mathematical terms, a function is something that can create a change in accordance with intent. The same is true in business too, and especially at the upper levels of the organization and enterprise, a “function” is almost synonymous with “service.” Business-functions are services.

So how do we describe how these functions or services interrelate with each other? The layering of delivery-services – the business-functions – is also a layering of the management-services and their resultant silos, ...

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