DOS™ Executive Perspective

Successful Departments. Failing Company.

Why Local Optimization Can Destroy Enterprise Performance—and What CEOs Must Do Differently

Executive Perspective

Why this belongs in the DOS™ Knowledge Library

A company can post strong functional results and still underperform as an enterprise. The article examines local optimization, transferred cost, invisible friction, handoff failure, the Executive Altitude Gap™, and the governance required to connect functional accountability to whole-enterprise performance.

Departments can succeed individually while the company fails collectively.

DOS™ concepts connected to this publication

Enterprise Value Is Created Between Departments™Visibility Precedes Accountability™Executive Altitude Gap™Total Cost-to-Serve™Enterprise Governance

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