During the "early bureaucracy" phase of a business, the organization becomes an end in itself, group-think prevails, and the customers become an annoying distraction from the obsession of the corporate zombies with in-group cliques.
Outsiders called in to refloattheshipfoundsomethingunexpected: a perfectly-preservedbutbarelyfunctioning example ofearly20th-centurycorporatistbureaucracy.
And shadow families minister Maria Miller said ministers' approach to early years just involves more and more bureaucracy and a complicated process of jumping through hoops to favour a fortunate few.