Rationalized personnel systems may become too complex for superiors to exploit.

Evidence

reading these pages that tracked down the unpredictable from comma to comma, Grange felt inexpressibly reassured: it was as though the war were already over. — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 49 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Personnel power thrives precisely where formal rules are weakest; Rising organizational complexity shifts power toward subordinates. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 799; Exhaustive bureaucratic planning can create false psychological closure about danger — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 49 (+1 more)

Related

• Personnel power thrives precisely where formal rules are weakest (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Exhaustive bureaucratic planning can create false psychological closure about danger #corroborates (0.55) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 49