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Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person read more
Join in the new game that's sweeping the country. It's called "Bureaucracy" Everybody stands in a circle. The first person to do anything loses.
In any bureaucracy, paper work increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less and less you read more
In any bureaucracy, paper work increases as you spend more and more time reporting on the less and less you are doing
Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.
Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.
Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.
Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.
Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.
Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.
Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work
Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the read more
I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I give you money and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. To some skeptical friend, 'Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut, I've got the documentation right here... It's in my file at home. ...Under "D".'
Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, read more
Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.