Adhocracy

//ədˈhɒkɹəsi//

Synonyms for "adhocracy"

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Polish

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  • adhokracja noun (organization designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment)

Portuguese

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  • ad-hocracia noun (organization designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment)
  • adhocracia noun (organization designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment)

Russian

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  • адхокра́тия noun (organization designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment)
  • эдхокра́тия noun (organization designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment)

Spanish

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  • adhocracia noun (organization designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment)
  • adhocracia noun (organization designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment)

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This is a picture of the coming Ad-hocracy, the fast-moving, information-rich, kinetic organization of the future, filled with transient cells and extremely mobile individuals […]

Source: wiktionary

The temporary system or ad hocracy can only be understood in the context of the preceding remarks on community, if it is to be anything more than a superficial technique for rearranging isolated individuals to perform new kinds of errands for the boss.

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In summary, adhocracies are characterized by flexible, adaptive structures in which multidisciplinary teams of professionals are formed around specific problems or objectives. They tend to have constantly changing units (as opposed to the relatively stable functional departments of bureaucracies). New units are formed to deal with new problems or objectives. Old units either are dissolved as problems are solved, or change their makeup as different stages of the project are reached.

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Adhocracy means that the different parts of an organization are temporarily assembled to meet the requirements and needs which apply at any particular point in time. […] [Henry] Mintzberg considers that adhocracy is characterized by an organic structure, a low degree of formalization, a high degree of horizontal work specialization based on formal training and specialist competence, a tendency to group specialized personnel in functional units to facilitate administration and personal development ("housekeeping purposes"), while employing them in small, market-based project groups in work organizations. Coordination and management are characterized by decentralized decision making to a relatively high degree, and by mutual adaptation at the project group level, rather than by control from above.

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