Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shared service

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: shared ser-vice
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An internal business organization providing support services that are shared between multiple business units or functions.

noun

A virtual or physical team whose process expertise is shared across multiple business units or functions (rather than duplicating staff in each business unit) to execute business processes, in a consistent manner, for optimal resource efficiency, cost and service performance.

Etymology

Attributed to Greg Hackett of The Hackett Group.

Inflected Forms

shared services (plural)

Questions

What does shared service mean?: An internal business organization providing support services that are shared between multiple business units or functions.
Where does shared service come from?: Attributed to Greg Hackett of The Hackett Group.

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