Example Sentences

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"Bureaucracies are designed to manage complex tasks through standardized procedures, which can indeed lead to slower decision-making processes," Sounman Hong, a distinguished professor in public policy and management at Yonsei University, told Salon.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024

Bureaucracies tend to advance their own interests; that’s common sense.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2017

Bureaucracies are found wherever there are large organizations, in both the public and the private sectors of this country.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Bureaucracies, like people, are also given to path dependency.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

Bureaucracies of trained experts are becoming more and not less necessary.

From The Open Secret of Ireland by Kettle, T. M. (Thomas Michael)