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Structure and regulations in place to control activity. Usually in large organizations and government operations.See Also: bureaucrat, bureaucratic
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Bureaucracy — is the structure and set of regulations in place to control activity, usually in large organizations and government. As opposed to adhocracy, it is represented by standardized procedure (rule following) that dictates the execution of most or all… … Wikipedia
bureaucracy — bu‧reauc‧ra‧cy [bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi ǁ bjʊˈrɑː ] noun bureaucracies PLURALFORM 1. [countable] a system of government that uses a large number of departments and officials: • a powerful centralized bureaucracy 2. [uncountable] disapproving all the… … Financial and business terms
Bureaucracy — ist ein Textadventure von Infocom aus dem Jahr 1987, das u. a. von Douglas Adams geschrieben wurde. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Handlung 2 Beilagen 3 Anmerkungen 4 Literatur … Deutsch Wikipedia
bureaucracy — I noun administration, agency, authorities, delegated authority, departmentalization, governance, government, government by bureaus, government office, governmental procedure, governmental system for decision making, inflexible routine,… … Law dictionary
bureaucracy — 1818, from Fr. bureaucratie, from bureau office, lit. desk (see BUREAU (Cf. bureau)) + Gk. suffix kratia denoting power of; coined by Fr. economist Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712 1759) on model of democratie, aristocratie. That vast… … Etymology dictionary
Bureaucracy — Bu*reau cra*cy, n. [Bureau + Gr. ? to be strong, to govern, ? strength: cf. F. bureaucratie.] 1. A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bureaucracy — [n] system which controls organization administration, authority, beadledom*, city hall*, civil service, directorate, government, management, ministry, officialdom, officials, powers that be*, red tape*, regulatory commission, the Establishment* … New thesaurus
bureaucracy — ► NOUN (pl. bureaucracies) 1) a system of government in which most decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives. 2) excessively complicated administrative procedure. DERIVATIVES bureaucratization (also… … English terms dictionary
bureaucracy — [byoo rä′krə sē, byo͞orä′krə sē] n. pl. bureaucracies [Fr bureaucratie < BUREAU + cratie, CRACY] 1. the administration of government through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of appointed officials following an inflexible routine 2 … English World dictionary
bureaucracy — /byoo rok reuh see/, n., pl. bureaucracies. 1. government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials. 2. the body of officials and administrators, esp. of a government or government department. 3. excessive multiplication of, and… … Universalium
bureaucracy — A body of administrative officials, and the procedures and tasks involved in a particular system of administration, for example a state or formal organization. Max Weber did not invent the concept of bureaucracy (the term was coined in France at… … Dictionary of sociology
