bureaucratisation
Growing red tape
Bureaucratisation is the process of becoming more bureaucratic—acquiring layers of administration, formal procedures, and institutional complexity.
Organizations undergo bureaucratisation as they grow, replacing informal arrangements with official channels and paperwork: The bureaucratisation of healthcare has frustrated both doctors and patients.
Also spelled bureaucratization.
Prescribed conduct rules
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- decorumFitting social conduct
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
ceremony · etiquette · propriety · formalism · punctilio · officiousness · stiffness · impersonality
How authority is exercised
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
policy · procedure · protocol · supervision · delegation · centralization · hierarchy · public-sector
Administrative written tasks
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- formsVarieties or documents
permits · approvals · certifications · licensing · filing · processing · submissions · requirements
Complete mutual obstruction
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- delayEnforced waiting period
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
sluggishness · dysfunction · wastefulness · mismanagement · unresponsiveness · cumbersomeness · overcomplication · rigidity
protocol
Prescribed conduct rules
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- decorumFitting social conduct
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
ritual · ceremony · etiquette · propriety · formalism · punctilio · officiousness · stiffness · impersonality · detachment
governance
How authority is exercised
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
regulation · policy · procedure · protocol · supervision · delegation · centralization · hierarchy · public-sector · institutionalization
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
forms · permits · approvals · certifications · licensing · filing · processing · submissions · requirements · checklists
gridlock
Complete mutual obstruction
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- delayEnforced waiting period
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
inertia · sluggishness · dysfunction · wastefulness · mismanagement · unresponsiveness · cumbersomeness · overcomplication · rigidity · inflexibility
bureaucratisationdecentralization
Distributing power from center
informalization · democratization · flattening · disintermediation · deregulation
bureaucratisationstreamlining
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
simplification · efficiency · rationalization · optimization · agility
bureaucratisationderegulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
liberalization · devolution · red tape reduction · dismantling · privatization
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