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Bureaucracy Structure

Categories: Regulations

Rules, rules, rules. Policies, policies, policies. Procedures, procedures, procedures.

A bureaucracy has a policy for everything.

If something comes up that there’s no policy for, they make one. Everything has its own department as well. There is a clear chain of command that one should avoid breaking. Employees have very little leeway and have a very focused job.

The military is a prime example of a bureaucracy.

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