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  2. Information silo - Wikipedia

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    In understanding organizational behaviour, the term silo mentality [2] often refers to a mindset which creates and maintains information silos within an organization. A silo mentality is created by the divergent goals of different organizational units: it is defined by the Business Dictionary as "a mindset present when certain departments or sectors do not wish to share information with others ...

  3. Stovepipe (organisation) - Wikipedia

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    A stovepipe organization (alt organisations) has a structure which largely or entirely restricts the flow of information within the organization to up-down through lines of control, inhibiting or preventing cross-organisational communication. Many traditional, large (especially governmental or transnational) organizations have (or risk having ...

  4. Stovepiping - Wikipedia

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    The definition of stovepiping can also refer to sharing information within a governmental body while hindering the sharing of information across different government bodies. [2] This type of information sharing can create large ineffectiveness as coordination can be weak, leading to a variety of inefficiencies and delays particularly with daily ...

  5. Conway's law - Wikipedia

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    The law is, in a strict sense, only about correspondence; it does not state that communication structure is the cause of system structure, merely describes the connection. Different commentators have taken various positions on the direction of causality; that technical design causes the organization to restructure to fit, [ 10 ] that the ...

  6. Obeya - Wikipedia

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    Silos are sections of companies that only communicate within their specific divisions or departments. Obeya rooms are designed to reduce silos within companies and increase communication. An obeya room gives leaders a clear view of what everyone is working on, as well as why and how.

  7. Communication - Wikipedia

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    Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information.Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not only transmits meaning but also creates it.

  8. Disparate system - Wikipedia

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    In information technology, a disparate system or a disparate data system is a computer data processing system that was designed to operate as a fundamentally distinct [1] data processing system without exchanging data or interacting with other computer data processing systems.

  9. Matrix management - Wikipedia

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    A matrix organization. Matrix management is an organizational structure in which some individuals report to more than one supervisor or leader—relationships described as solid line or dotted line reporting, also understood in context of vertical, horizontal & diagonal communication in organisation for keeping the best output of product or services.