Freedom from external control or influence; independence.
Example: With only these two rule, each unit (agent) is driven towards the edge of chaos due to the pressure imposed, however, creativity and autonomy are challenged.
en: autonomie
bureaucracy
noun
A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
Example: This "third way" did not intend to return the NHS to the centralized command of the 1970s, but neither did it want to continue with the bureaucracy which had developed in the 1990s.
en: bureaucratie
collaboration
noun
The action of working with someone to produce or create something.
Example: His paranoid suspicion of the 'Combine' could in fact be interpreted as an accurate perception of "a collaboration of governmental and industrial groups he believes are trying to control people by way of machines"
en: collaboration
committee
noun
A group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of members of a larger group.
Example: To achieve this I suggest that adoption of a steering committee could be used to assist implementation.
en: Comité
leadership
noun
The action of leading a group of people or an organization.
Example: These members of staff will be a core to the training of existing lower level staff members, and due to their leadership skills will be in an ideal situation to share their knowledge in workshops with the other staff member.
en: direction / le leadership
manager
noun
A person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a company or similar organization.
Example: Where, in response to the threat of increased competition, C.C.C. chairman, Harold Cox instructed his general manager, Erica Wilson, to formulate a change strategy.
en: directeur / gérant
office
noun
A room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work.
Example: Deborah Tannen (1994) documents diary studies of how male and female talk differs in an office.
en: bureau
project
noun
An individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned and designed to achieve a particular aim.
Example: The Byker estate in Newcastle is a planned social housing development built in the 70s as part of a slum clearance project.
en: projet
service
noun
A system supplying a public need such as transport, communications, or utilities such as electricity and water.
Example: Either way, they exist and procedures have to be changed in order to introduce the Signifo service marketed as WebExpenses.
en: service
team
noun
Come together as a team to achieve a common goal.
Example: Could it be argued that their difference in roles in the household formed a 'team' rather than a separation or even seclusion?
