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adhocracies

adhocracies is the plural of adhocracy.

Meaning of adhocracy

Noun

adhocracy (plural adhocracies)

  1. (organizational theory) An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.
    • 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 […]1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, page 140

Forms of adhocracies

alternative formad-hocracies
alternative formad hocracies

Questions about adhocracies

What is adhocracies the plural of?
Adhocracies is the plural of adhocracy.

Words near adhocracies in the dictionary

  1. adhocism
  2. adhocisms
  3. adhockeries
  4. adhockery
  5. adhocness
  6. adhocracies
  7. adhocracy
  8. adhocrat
  9. adhocratic
  10. adhocratical
  11. adhocratically

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