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English term or phrase:	Cross-silo
Selected answer:	cross-functional team or management
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02:46 Apr 1, 2009

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English term or phrase: Cross-silo

HR management context.

Mark Chen
Local time: 05:54

cross-functional team or management

Explanation:
silo - vertical, functional team in a corporation ( e.g. department)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_silo

cross-silo - horizontal, functional team breaking the functional silo barrier in order to build organizational connections across functional silos.

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cross-functional team or management

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cross-silo cross-functional team or management Explanation: silo - vertical, functional team in a corporation ( e.g. department) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_silo cross-silo - horizontal, functional team breaking the functional silo barrier in order to build organizational connections across functional silos. [PDF] Article 38 – Cross-functional workgroups File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML organisation is still depicted as the vertical silo and the new cross-functional organisation as the horizontal strata. By this subterfuge, the managers of ... www.bpisurveys.com.au/Articles/Article 38/Article 38 - cros... - Similar pages Emerald: Article Request - Applying knowledge management ...Cross-functional teaming attempts to solve this problem by building organizational connections across functional silos. However, merely bringing members of ... www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentTy... - Similar pages by M Mohamed - Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 5 versions	karcsy Local time: 05:54 Native speaker of: Chinese PRO pts in category: 3

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cross-silo inter-business negotiator Explanation: http://www.negotiatormagazine.com/article223_1.html inter-business negotiator Most companies have various divisions and the are always disputes within these divisions, Having the skill to negotiate between these divisions is called cross-silo negotiation.. Divisions within a company are sometimes referred to as silos, (like a grain silo) some companies are structured like a cluster of grain silos bins, with each silo (division) having a specific function within the business, cross-siloing is negotiating and connecting all these divisions together so the company produces a quality product to the consumer. http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:4w96YmqITMYJ:www.negotia...	Gary D Local time: 07:54 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4

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