Adhocracy

Adhocracy is a flexible, adaptable and informal form of organization that is defined by a lack of formal structure that employs specialized multidisciplinary teams grouped by functions. It operates in an opposite fashion to a bureaucracy.^[1] The term was coined by Warren Bennis in his 1968 book The Temporary Society,^[2] later popularized in 1970 by Alvin Toffler in Future Shock, and has since become often used in the theory of management of organizations (particularly online organizations^[3]). The concept has been further developed by academics such as Henry Mintzberg.

Adhocracy is characterized by an adaptive, creative and flexible integrative behavior based on non-permanence and spontaneity. It is believed that these characteristics allow adhocracy to respond faster than traditional bureaucratic organizations while being more open to new ideas.^[4]

^ Belmonte Martín, Irene (2016). La modernización de la gestión tributaria local en España : el caso de Suma Gestión Tributaria de la Diputación de Alicante (1st ed.). Madrid: Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública. p. 178. ISBN 978-84-7351-557-3.
^ Bennis, Warren (1968). The Temporary Society. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 9780787943318.
^ Matei, Sorin Adam; Britt, Brian C. (2017). "Specifying a Wikipedia-Centric Explanatory Model for Online Group Evolution and Structural Differentiation". Structural Differentiation in Social Media. Lecture Notes in Social Networks. pp. 31–43. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64425-7_3. ISBN 978-3-319-64424-0. ISSN 2190-5428.
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[1] Belmonte Martín, Irene (2016). La modernización de la gestión tributaria local en España : el caso de Suma Gestión Tributaria de la Diputación de Alicante (1st ed.). Madrid: Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública. p. 178. ISBN 978-84-7351-557-3.

[Bennis-2] Bennis, Warren (1968). The Temporary Society. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 9780787943318.

[MateiBritt2017-3] Matei, Sorin Adam; Britt, Brian C. (2017). "Specifying a Wikipedia-Centric Explanatory Model for Online Group Evolution and Structural Differentiation". Structural Differentiation in Social Media. Lecture Notes in Social Networks. pp. 31–43. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64425-7_3. ISBN 978-3-319-64424-0. ISSN 2190-5428.

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