bureaucratic inertia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The inevitable tendency of bureaucratic organizations to perpetuate their established procedures, even if they are counterproductive or diametrically opposed to their set goals.

Word forms

bureaucratic inertia bureaucratic inertias
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