bureaucracy
Definition
System of administration distinguished by its (1) clear hierarchy of authority, (2) rigid division of labor, (3) written and inflexible rules, regulations, and procedures, and (4) impersonal relationships. Once instituted, bureaucracies are difficult to dislodge or change. See also Parkinson's Law and Peter Principle.
bureaucracy is in the Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership subject.
bureaucracy appears in the definitions of the following terms: technocracy, open door policy, doublespeak, Parkinson's Law, standards, buying structure and intrapreneurship
bureaucracy appears in these other term: machine bureaucracy
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