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The normality of silos

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What have management gurus got against grain farmers? They complain of the evils of silo thinking and silo mentality, and want silo destruction. Silos are bad, matrices are good!

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© 2011 Adrian Furnham

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Furnham, A. (2011). The normality of silos. In: Managing People in a Downturn. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307209_44

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