silo mentality - definition

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an attitude within an organization when the different sections or

departments do not share information properly because they do not
want to share success with others, with the result that the organization is
not efficient
Members of a corporation's financial staffs are in a unique position to
battle silo mentality, tunnel vision or tribalism (other synonyms for the
same affliction), wherever it appears.
Submitted from United Kingdom on 06/02/2013

 
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