Contrabureaucratic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Self-consciously rejecting bureaucracy and pursuing alternative modes of organisation. not-comparable

    "The emergence of these contrabureaucratic organizations calls for a new model of organization that can encompass their alternative practices and aspirations."

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"The emergence of these contrabureaucratic organizations calls for a new model of organization that can encompass their alternative practices and aspirations."

Etymology

Coined by Joyce Rothschild-Whitt in 1979, from contra- + bureaucratic.

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