Siloed vs Collaborative - What's the difference?
siloed | collaborative |
(silo)
(agriculture) A vertical building, usually circular, used for the storage of grain.
(military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
(pejorative, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
* 2006 , Albert J. Mills, Jean C. Helms Mills, John Bratton, Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context , Page 116
(pejorative, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.
(management) An organized group of people or entities who collaborate towards a particular goal
* {{quote-book, 2004, Ann Page, Keeping Patients Safe
, passage=These collaboratives would consist of a team of managers, researchers, and consultants from a variety of organizations whose aim would be to better understand problems in effective health care management
As a verb siloed
is (silo).As an adjective collaborative is
of, relating to, or done by collaboration.As a noun collaborative is
(management) an organized group of people or entities who collaborate towards a particular goal.siloed
English
Verb
(head)silo
English
(wikipedia silo)Noun
(en noun)- A silo is created when members in one department or function do not interact with those in another department, even though there might be operational benefits to the interaction.
- Our networking is organized in silos, and employees lose time manually transferring data.
Synonyms
* ensileSee also
* grain elevator * granaryAnagrams
* ----collaborative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- No need to thank me - it was a collaborative effort.
Derived terms
* collaboratively * collaborativenessReferences
* * *Noun
(en noun)citation