bureaucracy

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, management, ministration, official procedure, officialdom, officiation, organization, powers that be, process of governing, red tape, regulation, reins of government, rigid routine, rule, service, sovereignty, state management, strict procedure, system II index hierarchy (persons in authority), management (directorate)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


bureaucracy
n.
A form of government or organization with a hierarchical structure of officials, authority delegated from top to bottom, well-defined positions within the structures, inflexible rules, and usually a fairly complicated administrative system.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


bureaucracy
A system of administration wherein there is a specialization of functions, objective qualifications for office, action according to the adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority and delegated power.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


bureaucracy
A system of administration wherein there is a specialization of functions, objective qualifications for office, action according to the adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority and delegated power.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 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 — 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

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”