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squeaky wheel systems

squeaky wheel systems is the plural of squeaky wheel system.

Meaning of squeaky wheel system

Noun

squeaky wheel system (plural squeaky wheel systems)

  1. The strategy in organizations of only responding to filed complaints while ignoring known but unvoiced issues.
    • The problem with the squeaky-wheel system is that the production of the squeaking diverts efforts from other activities, potentially of more benefit to the firm.1993, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Managing With Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations, Harvard Business Press, →ISBN, page 406

Questions about squeaky wheel systems

What is squeaky wheel systems the plural of?
Squeaky wheel systems is the plural of squeaky wheel system.

Words near squeaky wheel systems in the dictionary

  1. squeaky bum time
  2. squeaky cheese
  3. squeaky clean
  4. squeaky wheel
  5. squeaky wheel system
  6. squeaky wheel systems
  7. squeaky wheels
  8. squeaky wheels get oiled
  9. squeaky-clean
  10. squeakyish
  11. squeal

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