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Re:The Cost Center Trap by gaius on Monday November 20, 2017 @01:44PM (#15742088)
The "cost centre" concept is so silly, and it only ever seems to be applied to the IT department. Why isn't HR a "cost center"? They don't generate any revenue. Why isn't Accounting a cost centre? How many sales do they bring in? It's just a stick other departments use to beat IT with.
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Re:The Cost Center Trap by Jtsummers on Monday November 20, 2017 @01:50PM (#15742141)
Sometimes they are, that's why HR and Accounting get outsourced at many companies (or portions of them).

See what companies outsource, that's what they see as cost centers.

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Re:The Cost Center Trap by selllikesybok on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:07PM (#15742250)
They are, actually. All your operationally necessary but not directly revenue generating business units/functions are cost centers, in this model. And they get beaten with the same stick.
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Re:The Cost Center Trap by kgwgk on Monday November 20, 2017 @01:49PM (#15742132)
Why do you think they are not considered cost centers?
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Re:The Cost Center Trap by disease on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:30PM (#15742462)
R&D, in my experience, is viewed even more harshly than IT as a cost center.
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