adhocracy

Meaning

1. An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.

Etymology / origin

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).

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