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Shared services

Shared services is the provision of a service by one part of an organization or group where that service had previously been found in more than one part of the organization or group. Thus the funding and resourcing of the service is shared and the providing department effectively becomes an internal service provider. The key here is the idea of 'sharing'…

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In the private sector

Private sectorBBCBPBristol Myers SquibbFord
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In the public sector

Gershon ReviewCabinet OfficeNational Audit Office (United Kingdom)Government of CanadaShared Services Canada
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Benchmarking and measurement

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Shared services

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples92
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
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Shared services

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related to In the private sector · 18
Shared services → According, ArcelorMittal, BBC, BP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Chartered Accountants, English Institute, Ford, Fortune, GE, HP, Large, Overall, Pfizer, Professor John Seddon, Rolls-Royce, SAP, The
related to Canada · 16
Shared services → America, August, British Columbia, Canada, December, Government Services Canada, IT, Ontario, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Public Works, Québec, Shared Services Canada, Texas, The, This, United States
related to UK · 16
Shared services → Cabinet Office, Department, Finance, Gershon Review, HR, November, Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, The, The Cabinet Office, The National Audit Office, The UK, There, Transport's, UK, UK Public Sector, United Kingdom
related to Ireland · 11
Shared services → Eastern Health Shared Services, Eastern Region, Health Boards, Health Services Executive, HR, ICT, In, Ireland, National Shared Services Organisation, Republic, Within
related to overview · 10
Shared services → For, Hospital Trust, HR, IT, Police Force, Shared, The, There, This, Trusts
related to In the public sector · 4
Shared services → Australia, However, The, The United States
related to External links · 3
Shared services → Consolidated Centers, Excellence, Shared Services Outsourcing
see also · 2
Shared services → Integration, Research NetworkPortable
is a · 1
Shared services → provision of a service by one part of an organization or group where that service had previously been found in more than one part of the organization or group

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shared services service government organization public outsourcing organizations savings cost group results provider commercial benchmarking measurement take functions costs department

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Shared servicesis aprovision of a service by one part of an organization or group where that service had previously been found in more than one part of the organization or group0.90text
a Hospital Trust or a Police Forceinstance ofOverviewShared services is similar to collaboration that might take place between different organizations0.80text
the BBCinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text
BPinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text
Bristol Myers Squibbinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text
Fordinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text
GEinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text
HPinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text
Pfizerinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text
Rolls-Royceinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text
ArcelorMittalinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text
and SAP are operating them with great successinstance ofLarge organizations0.80text

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