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indulgency pattern

indulgency pattern noun: a management style in which the manager makes certain concessions to subordinates, rather than strictly enforcing every rule.

Noun

indulgency pattern (plural indulgency patterns)

  1. A management style in which the manager makes certain concessions to subordinates, rather than strictly enforcing every rule.
    • Clearly, he was appointed to 'tighten things up' and quickly acted to replace the indulgency pattern with a much more demanding and tightly organised system.1985, Meredydd G. Hughes, Peter Ribbins, Hywel Thomas, Managing Education: The System and the Institution, page 230
    • Gouldner's analysis focuses on how this process unfolded in the gypsum mine, though he suggests that the origin of these indulgency patterns are in part derived from community life outside the mine.1999, Charles S. Varano, Forced Choices: Class, Community, and Worker Ownership, page 201

Forms of indulgency pattern

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Questions about indulgency pattern

What does indulgency pattern mean?
Indulgency pattern means a management style in which the manager makes certain concessions to subordinates, rather than strictly enforcing every rule.
What part of speech is indulgency pattern?
Indulgency pattern is a noun.
What is the plural of indulgency pattern?
The plural of indulgency pattern is indulgency patterns.

Words near indulgency pattern in the dictionary

  1. indulgencers
  2. indulgences
  3. indulgencies
  4. indulgencing
  5. indulgency
  6. indulgency pattern
  7. indulgency patterns
  8. indulgent
  9. indulgential
  10. indulgently
  11. indulger

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