Contrabureaucratic

Quick meaning: Contrabureaucratic is an adjective meaning (sociology, organisational theory) Self-consciously rejecting bureaucracy and pursuing alternative modes of organisation.

Meaning

(sociology, organisational theory) Self-consciously rejecting bureaucracy and pursuing alternative modes of organisation.

Example Sentences

First are contrabureaucratic structures that resist organization that promotes 'the employer viewpoint,' such as universalism.

The emergence of these contrabureaucratic organizations calls for a new model of organization that can encompass their alternative practices and aspirations.

While not using the term prefiguration, Rothschild-Whitt’s study of collectivist organisations was one of the first to theorise the organisational dynamics and structural commonalities of what she called ‘contrabureaucratic’ organisations, highlighting their ‘alternative practices and aspirations’.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include antibureaucratic, antibureaucracy, antibureaucrat, antitechnocratic, counterdiscursive, antitraditional.

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