Principle 2: Align the organization to the Strategy Synergy is the overarching goal of organization design. organizations con- sist of numerous sectors, business units, and specialized departments, each with its own strategy. For organizational performance to become more than the sum of its parts, individual strategies must be linked and integrated. The corporation defines the linkages expected to create synergy and en- sures that those linkages actually occur a task, however, that is easier said than done. organizations are traditionally designed around functional specialties such as finance, manufacturing, marketing, sales, engineering. and pur chasing. Each function has its own body of knowledge language, and cul- ture. Functional silos arise and become a major barrier to strategy