Before revision: 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 in the same company".Quoted in Gleeson, B. and Rozo, M., The Silo Mentality: How To Break Down The Barriers, Forbes Magazine, published 2 October 2013, accessed 20 November 2020 It can also be described as a variant of the principal-agent problem.
After revision: 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 in the same company".Quoted in Gleeson, B. and Rozo, M., The Silo Mentality: How To Break Down The Barriers, Forbes Magazine, published 2 October 2013, accessed 20 November 2020 It can also be described as a variant of the principal–agent problem.