das Ressortdenken — thinking only within one’s own area of responsibility. In 2000 the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported a Green politician’s complaint that Ressortdenken had spread in the government over non-wage labor costs.
das Silodenken — silo thinking. A dictionary defines it as an attitude that follows only one’s own interests and sets itself apart from other groups. It marks the word as pejorative.
das Abteilungsdenken — thinking in departments.
These words are used as criticism. German speakers name the habit of keeping information within one’s own unit, and they name it as a fault.