Adhocracy
[Adhocracies] are highly decentralized organizations of professionals deployed in small teams in response to changing conditions in dynamic, complex environments. The adhocracy is the organizational type that least adheres to traditional management principles, relying on constant contact to coordinate among teams.
Jonathan Grudin, Groupware and Cooperative Work: Problems and Prospects (page 183)
Another interesting bit from “The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design”.
A quick search tells me “adhocracy” was coined by Alvin Toffler in his book Future Shock. Quite fitting that I first found the origin of this word at Wikipedia.
My investigation into the etymology of “adhocracy” also led me to the Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form. Wild, wild stuff.
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