Meaning of adhocratic | Babel Free

Definitions

Relating to adhocracy; adhocratical.

Examples

“The adhocratic unit comes in and goes out of existence as circumstances or opportunities dictate, with resources and personnel assignments reflecting the special problem the unit is to face.”

“A huge weight of philosophical argument is assembled in order to yield the notion of the adhocratic school as the best response to student diversity – then huge claims are made about the capacity of the adhocratic school to reconcile equity with excellence and, ultimately, to save democracy.”

“An adhocratic organization is able to adapt to environmental changes constantly. For example, responsibilities might shift to different people in response to external changes, the organizational structure might be altered from time to time, etc.”

“Since conflict and aggression reproduce rapidly within the adhocratic environment, your role should be to focus these emotions into productive project and organizational ends. Without this management, inefficiency soon becomes embedded into the project (and practice), which enjoys few or no standards. The adhocratic practice also suffers from unbalanced workloads between its members, as each project team protects itself from the chaos occurring in other teams[…].”

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