adhocracy
Syllables: ad·hoc·ra·cy/ədˈhɒkɹəsi/US/ædˈhɑkɹəsi/
adhocracy noun: an organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.
Noun
adhocracy (plural adhocracies)
- 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
- 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.1972, Viewpoints: Bulletin of the School of Education, Indiana University, volume 48, Bloomington, Ind.: School of Education, Indiana University, →ISSN, page 71
adhocracy meaning in Tamil
adhocracy in Tamil
- தற்காலிகத்தன அரசு, அதற்கமை அரசு
Forms of adhocracy
| plural | adhocracies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ad hocracy |
| alternative form | ad-hocracy |
Origin of adhocracy
From ad hoc + -cracy, by analogy with bureaucracy; coined by American organizational consultant Warren Bennis (1925–2014) and American sociologist Philip Slater (1927–2013) in The Temporary Society (1964), and popularized by American futurist Alvin Toffler (1928–2016) in his book Future Shock (1970).
Words formed from adhocracy
Words that rhyme with adhocracy
- democracy
- bureaucracy
- aristocracy
- autocracy
- corpocracy
- critocracy
- czarocracy
- demonocracy
- dollarocracy
- hierocracy
- idiocracy
- pornocracy
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- thalassocracy
- albocracy
- algocracy
- Americanocracy
- androcracy
- argentocracy
- arithmocracy
- atheocracy
- athletocracy
- blobocracy
- boobocracy
- chirocracy
- chrysocracy
- clericocracy
- clerocracy
- corporatocracy
- corruptocracy
- cosmocracy
- cottonocracy
- cryptocracy
- cyberocracy
- demagocracy
- despotocracy
- ecclesiocracy
- ecocracy
- economocracy
- elitocracy
- ephebocracy
- familiocracy
- foolocracy
- geniocracy
- ideocracy
- idiocrasy
- infantocracy
- kludgeocracy
- mediocracy
- merocracy
- xerocracy
Questions about adhocracy
- What does adhocracy mean?
- Adhocracy means an organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.
- What is adhocracy in Tamil?
- Adhocracy in Tamil is தற்காலிகத்தன அரசு, அதற்கமை அரசு. See Adhocracy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is adhocracy?
- Adhocracy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adhocracy?
- Adhocracy is pronounced /ədˈhɒkɹəsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of adhocracy?
- The plural of adhocracy is adhocracies.
Words near adhocracy in the dictionary
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