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by PakG1 3594 days ago
Why do people call structured governance a bureaucracy?

Being pedantic, but that's what a bureaucracy is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy

I'm sorry for being pedantic....

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People are surprisingly bad at asking questions, which is why the help desk should always first ask "What are you trying to do?"

So why does "bureaucracy" have such a negative connotation? Like a lot of powerful tools, it is very easy to abuse. Unless you are very careful in design, you are likely to create a amplification attack of work. Most managers aren't careful, so few people have a positive experience.