bureaucracy
noun
uk/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/ us [ C ] MANAGEMENT plural bureaucracies
a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by officials who are employed to follow rules carefully:
a government/state/federal bureaucracy These regulations have no benefit except to support a large government bureaucracy.
[ U ] WORKPLACE disapproving
complicated rules, processes, and written work that make it hard to get something done:
We need to avoid creating another layer of bureaucracy.
avoid/eliminate/reduce bureaucracy
Compare
adhocracy