The silo effect: the peril of expertise and the promise of breaking down barriers

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An award-winning columnist and journalist describes how businesses that structure their teams into functional departments, or "silos," actually hinder work, cripple innovation, restrict thinking and force normally smart people to ignore risks and opportunities. --Publisher's description.

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Full title :The silo effect : the peril of expertise and the promise of breaking down barriers / Gillian Tett.

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Publication Date:©2015
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition

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Publisher(s):Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

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Description:xii, 290 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781451644739, 1451644736, 1451644752, 9781451644753
oclc:ocn904812882
LC Classification:HD58.9
Dewey Decimal:658.402

Introduction: Bloomberg's skunkworks -- Part one: Silos. The nondancers: how anthropology can illuminate silos ; Octopus pots: how silos crush innovation ; When gnomes go blind: how silos conceal risks ; Russian dolls: how silos create tunnel vision -- Part two: Silo busters. Gun-toting geeks: how individuals can silo-bust their lives ; (Re)writing social code: how to keep silos fluid ; Flipping the lens: how doctors tried not to behave like economists ; Bucket-busting: how breaking down silos can produce profits -- Conclusion: Connecting the dots.

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Communication Communication dans les organisations Communication in organizations Coopération administrative Dialogue interculturel Efficacité organisationnelle Équipes de travail Kreditwesen Narrative non-fiction Organisationspsychologie Organisationsstruktur Organisationsverhalten Organizational effectiveness SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology Structure des entreprises Teams in the workplace