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Meaning of "technostructure" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TECHNOSTRUCTURE

technostructure  [ˈtɛknəʊˌstrʌktʃə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TECHNOSTRUCTURE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Technostructure is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TECHNOSTRUCTURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Technostructure

Technostructure is a term coined by the economist John Kenneth Galbraith in The New Industrial State to describe the group of technicians within an enterprise with considerable influence and control on its economy. It usually refers to managerial capitalism where the managers and other company leading administrators, scientists, or lawyers retain more power and influence than the shareholders in the decisional and directional process.

Definition of technostructure in the English dictionary

The definition of technostructure in the dictionary is the people who control the technology of a society, such as professional administrators, experts in business management, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TECHNOSTRUCTURE


acupuncture
ˈækjʊˌpʌŋktʃə
aerostructure
ˈɛərəʊˌstrʌktʃə
architecture
ˈɑːkɪˌtɛktʃə
conjecture
kənˈdʒɛktʃə
constructure
kɒnˈstrʌktʃə
facture
ˈfæktʃə
fracture
ˈfræktʃə
infrastructure
ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌktʃə
lecture
ˈlɛktʃə
macrostructure
ˈmækrəʊˌstrʌktʃə
manufacture
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə
megastructure
ˈmeɡəˌstrʌktʃə
microstructure
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌstrʌktʃə
picture
ˈpɪktʃə
puncture
ˈpʌŋktʃə
restructure
riːˈstrʌktʃə
structure
ˈstrʌktʃə
substructure
ˈsʌbˌstrʌktʃə
superstructure
ˈsuːpəˌstrʌktʃə
ultrastructure
ˈʌltrəˌstrʌktʃə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TECHNOSTRUCTURE

technologies
technologise
technologist
technologize
technology
technology agreement
technomania
technomaniac
technophile
technophilia
technophobe
technophobia
technophobic
technopole
technopolis
technopolitan
technopop
technospeak
technostress
techy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TECHNOSTRUCTURE

adventure
atomic structure
capital structure
computer architecture
data structure
deep structure
fine structure
get the picture
in the picture
information architecture
landscape architecture
lumbar puncture
motion picture
moving picture
prefecture
remanufacture
sentence structure
stress fracture
tincture
venipuncture
word picture

Synonyms and antonyms of technostructure in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «technostructure» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TECHNOSTRUCTURE

Find out the translation of technostructure to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of technostructure from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «technostructure» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

技术结构
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tecnoestructura
570 millions of speakers

English

technostructure
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

technostructure
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

technostructure
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

техноструктура
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tecnoestrutura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

technostructure
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

technostructure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Technostructure
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Techno
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テクノストラクチャー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

technostructure
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Technostructure
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

technostructure
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

technostructure
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेक्नॉस्ट्रॉक्चर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

technostructure
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tecnostruttura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

technostructure
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

техноструктура
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

technostructure
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τεχνοδομή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

techno
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

teknostrukturen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tekno
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of technostructure

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TECHNOSTRUCTURE»

The term «technostructure» is used very little and occupies the 151.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TECHNOSTRUCTURE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about technostructure

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TECHNOSTRUCTURE»

Discover the use of technostructure in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to technostructure and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thorstein Veblen: Critical Assessments
Order contains an incipient technostructure, it is still largely under the sway of individuals whose motivations are singularly pecuniary. Consequently, many of their actions are socially negative in their effects. In the Soviet, by contrast, power  ...
John Cunningham Wood, 1993
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Radical Economics and Labour: Essays inspired by the IWW ...
Hence the need for a technical planning staff; thus arises what Galbraith calls the technostructure. The technostructure includes management; but also other various participants, people who contribute information to group decisions. It includes ...
Frederic Lee, Jon Bekken, 2009
3
John Kenneth Galbraith: The Economist as Political Theorist
The Technostructure Groups, not individuals, make decisions in large organizations and the planning system. They comprise the technostructure, which Galbraith sees as the "brain," the "collective intelligence," and governing bureaucratic ...
Conrad Waligorski, 2006
4
The New Industrial State
In most cases control passes smoothly from the entrepreneur to the technostructure. The exceptions show only that the transition must be accomplished.8 In the pages that follow, it will be necessary to distinguish between corporations in which ...
John Kenneth Galbraith, 2007
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Educational Administration: Concepts and Practices
Machine Bureaucracy Machine bureaucracy has the technostructure as its key part, uses standardization of work processes as its prime coordinating mechanism, and employs limited horizontal decentralization. Machine bureaucracy has ...
Fred Lunenburg, Allan Ornstein, 2011
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Measuring and Improving Productivity in Services: Issues, ...
Strategic apex Technostructure Support staff Operating core Middle line core. The further down the hierarchy one goes, the less abstract the work is, the more easily it can be standardized and the shorter the time horizons become. The fourth ...
Faridah Djellal, Faiz Gallouj, 2009
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The Legacy of John Kenneth Galbraith
As power passes to the technostructure the behavior of the modern corporation will increasingly reflect its aims and objectives. The technostructure will choose those goals and strategies that facilitate its survival and reproduction, such as ...
STEVEN PRESSMAN, 2013
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UNDERSTANDING ORGANISATIONS: ORGANISATIONAL THEORY AND ...
Strategic apex Support staff Technostructure Middle line Operating core Figure 7.1 The five basic parts of organisations (Mintzberg, 1983). B. The Operating Core This consists of employees who perform the basic work related to the production ...
MADHUKAR SHUKLA, 2008
9
The Google Way: How One Company is Revolutionizing ...
Of course, criticizing the technostructure is easy, but it does perform some needed functions. Among its benefits, the technostructure ensures coordination, organizes and controls workflow, and offers a way to communicate instructions, ...
Bernard Girard, 2009
10
Human Resource And Personnel Management
Another problem relates to, what Galbraith calls, 'technostructure' which is a composition of scientists and technicians in an organisation. The technostructure tries to control the organisation by influencing the management's decision making.
K Aswathappa, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TECHNOSTRUCTURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term technostructure is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alexandre Jardin : “Avec Bleu blanc zèbre, nous travaillons à une …
En clair, la technostructure qui gouverne l'Etat et qui de fait pilote les grands partis n'a pu compter que sur la désunion des autres pour imposer sa vision du ... «Atlantico.fr, Jul 15»
2
Et si la Grèce était en fait au bord du salut ?
Marine Le Pen l'avait proposé en 2011...les technocrates européens sont tellement englués dans leur technostructure, qu'ils vont bien encore maintenir le ... «Atlantico.fr, Jun 15»
3
Traité avec les Etats-Unis: Paris accusé de double discours
... en cause des fonctionnaires « dans la technostructure ». L'affaire pose la question des vraies marges de manœuvre politiques dans ce dossier très sensible. «Mediapart, Feb 15»
4
Les communautés d'universités imposent une vision libérale
La technostructure ainsi constituée change peu à peu le fonctionnement quotidien des universités, diffuse de nouvelles pratiques en cascade à tous les niveaux ... «Libération, Oct 14»
5
Agoravox : LA MONTEE DE L' INSIGNIFIANCE...
Où les dirigeants politiques sont des analphabètes : "des "parvenus de la technostructure, et qui croient naïvement nous gouverner, ont abdiqué de tous les ... «Le Club de Mediapart, Jun 14»
6
France : le rejet des politiques…
Mais la technostructure est solide et durablement implantée. Ainsi, les cabinets ministériels, ministres en tête, sont le plus souvent truffés d'ancien élèves de ... «ACDEFI, May 14»
7
Orange : ce qui attend Stéphane Richard
... qu'il sait reconnaître les talents, et accepter les désirs des entreprises puisque la technostructure d'Orange, y compris les syndicats, envoyait des messages ... «Le Nouvel Observateur, Mar 14»
8
“Le PS est devenu un parti d'élus locaux”
Côté UMP, l'apolitisme n'est pas forcément lié à la technostructure locale. La droite a perdu toutes les élections intermédiaires depuis 2002, entraînant la perte ... «Les Inrocks, Mar 14»
9
Cybersécurité au Burkina : L'ANSSI, une technostructure de …
L'Agence nationale de sécurité des systèmes d'informations (ANSSI) existe juridiquement depuis le 11 novembre 2013. Cette technostructure dotée de la ... «LeFaso.net, Feb 14»
10
Grand Paris : la technostructure prend les commandes
Claude Bartolone, président PS de l'Assemblée nationale, a défendu jeudi 13 février la future métropole du Grand Paris, notamment ses ambitions sur le plan ... «Gazette des communes, Feb 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Technostructure [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/technostructure>. May 2024 ».
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