Such is the case with departmental control of computing resources.
Computers help organizations manage information.
It follows, then, that giving up control of computing at the departmental level also results in relinquishing control of an important asset, and most managers aren't anxious to give it up without a fight. Beyond the predisposition of departmental managers to maintain control of their computing assets, the politics of decentralized computing gets even more contentious. The threat of re-centralization is even more offensive to systems administrators than it is to traditional business managers, because this type of power play can have a detrimental impact on their careers. While many systems administrators may split their time between user support and systems management, the possibility of relinquishing control of systems in the name of efficiency also carries with it the likelihood of diminished technical responsibilities. The rational departmental systems manager will therefore fight vociferously to maintain these responsibilities.