adhocracy
/ (ædˈhɒkrəsɪ) /
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noun
management that responds to urgent problems rather than planning to avoid them
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Words nearby adhocracy
adhesive vaginitis, adhib., adhibit, ad hoc, ad hockery, adhocracy, ad hominem, adiabat, adiabatic, adiabatic chart, adiactinic
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How to use adhocracy in a sentence
The best way to do this, he argues, is through an “adhocracy,” a term he borrows from the writer and futurist Alvin Toffler.