red tape

(noun)

A derisive term for regulations or bureaucratic procedures that are considered excessive or excessively time- and effort-consuming.

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Examples of red tape in the following topics:

  • Bureaucracies and Formal Groups

    • The European Commission has a competition that offers an award for the "Best Idea for Red Tape Reduction".
    • In 2008, the European Commission held a conference entitled 'Cutting Red Tape for Europe'.
    • The "cutting of red tape" is a popular electoral and policy promise.
    • In 2008, the European Commission held a conference entitled 'Cutting Red Tape for Europe'.
    • Bundle of U.S. pension documents from 1906 bound in red tape.

  • Termination

    • Bureaucratic reform includes the history of civil service reform and efforts to curb or eliminate excessive bureaucratic red tape.
    • Red tape is excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents action or decision-making .
    • Red tape can also include "filing and certification requirements, reporting, investigation, inspection and enforcement practices, and procedures. " The "cutting of red tape" is a popular electoral and policy promise.
    • In the United States, a number of committees have discussed and debated Red Tape Reduction Acts.
    • Bundle of U.S. pension documents from 1906 bound in red tape.

  • Size of the Federal Bureaucracy

    • Small government is government which minimizes its own activities, particularly bureaucratic "red tape. " Red tape is excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents action or decision-making.
    • The "cutting of red tape" is a popular electoral and policy promise.
    • In the United States, a number of committees have discussed and debated Red Tape Reduction Acts.
    • The reduction in red tape, essentially means the reduction of petty government (and occasionally business) bureaucracy.
    • Though the functions performed by that office worker are at that point deemed unproductive, government job losses are often resisted by unions hence red tape continues to keep that unproductive worker in a job.

  • Reasons to avoid international markets

  • The Impact of Court Decisions

    • Over time this tends to lead to lower prices, improved quality, more choices, less corruption, less red tape and/or quicker delivery.

  • Considering the Organizational Life Cycle

  • Other Barriers

    • Bureaucratic delays: Delays at ports or other country entrances caused by administrative or bureaucratic red-tape increase uncertainty and the cost of maintaining inventory.

  • A Study of Process

    • This company manufactures a top-quality adhesive tape called "Magic Tape. " Magic Tape is used for everyday taping applications, but it offers attractive features that most other tapes do not, including smooth removal from the tape roll, an adhesive that is sticky enough to hold items in place (but not too sticky that it can not be removed and readjusted, if necessary!
    • In the VHS tape market, 3M had no proprietary manufacturing advantage, as there were many Asian competitors that could produce high-quality, VHS tape at lower cost.
    • 3M manufactures a top-quality adhesive tape called "Magic Tape".
    • Magic Tape is used for everyday taping applications, but it offers attractive features that most other tapes do not, including:
    • In the VHS tape market 3M had no proprietary manufacturing advantage, as there were many Asian competitors that could produce high-quality VHS tape at lower cost.

  • The input/output transformation model

    • Magic Tape is used for everyday taping applications, but it offers attractive features that most other tapes do not, including smooth removal from the tape roll, an adhesive that is sticky enough to hold items in place (but not too sticky that it can not be removed and readjusted if necessary!
    • Controlling the transformation process makes it extremely difficult for competitors to produce tape of the same quality as Magic Tape, allowing 3M to reap significant profits from this superior product.
    • In the VHS tape market 3M had no proprietary manufacturing advantage, as there were many Asian competitors that could produce high-quality VHS tape at lower cost.
    • Since 3M had no proprietary control over the transformation process for VHS tape that would allow the company to protect its profit margins for this product, it dropped VHS tape from its offerings.
    • The two 3M examples of Magic Tape and VHS tape show how important the transformation process and operations management can be to providing and protecting an organization's competitive advantage.

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