Every Part Of Your Business Should Be Fine Tuned And Work As One

A company or organization is like a sports car, if you don't take the time and care to ensure that all of the parts fit together and each part is well oiled, then it won't run appropriately and will break down.  The same can be said for your business; if the parts and people do not fit together properly, if there is friction where there should not be any, then it can all break down and stop working.

How can you be sure that all of the parts are working together smoothly?  Well, this is not only the people that need to work together, however the departments and the divisions.  They should all complement each other and should be in concert with each other.  If one department or part of the enterprise isn't helping the other parts and not making the other department better, then you have an issue.  Business is tough enough without making more work on your own.

It's important to think of the company as a whole, but with a lot of individual moving arts.  Each moving part needs to run efficiently on its own, however they should also work well together.  One department shouldn't be fighting against another department, they should make each other better and none should make the job of the other harder.  It sounds easy, but in reality it happens all the time.

One department will be so disconnected from another department, that they will make policies that may perhaps make their job easier, but make the job of the surrounding departments even harder.  This creates friction and hostility between the departments and can cause resentment and even lower work standards as people begin to not help each other at all.  This will be a major issue in the short run as well as a long term problem because it damages relationships and makes people resentful.

Part of working together is communicating.  Nothing is going to work right if you do not communicate with each other.  It begins at the top.  If department heads can not get along, then the subordinates under them will follow suit.  If the managers can all get along and work together, it's much more likely that the people that are working for them in the respective departments will also work together.  It is necessary for the health of any organization for all of the departments to work together and to help each other out whenever necessary.