....The study then categorizes each deal according to the type and significance of cultural issues, assigning weights to the following factors:
Geography...
General management philosophy...
Organization - large versus small, matrix versus silo, and so on.
Compensation systems...
Workplace environment...
2006-11-18 03:17:47 · 2 answers · asked by Misterious 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Matrix - Spread out horizontally - many positions of roughly the same stature in different fields - interplay between them - direct communication.
Silo - Straight up and down, vertical - instructions flow down thru chain of command - requests for help/work/input/etc have to go up the chain to some level and then back down for action.
2006-11-18 03:42:19 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The author is contrasting them as opposites. A matrix is a construct that is random access. A silo is a construct that things go in at the top, and out at the bottom in a first-in first-out, you can't take things out of the middle.
2006-11-18 11:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋