Every year Canada's Auditor General files a report to parliament describing the waste of millions of dollars in government bureaucracies. Each report is almost a photocopy of the previous year's report. This waste by the government captures which aspect of bureaucracy?
A) bureaucratic inertia
B) corporate steadfastness
C) organizational waste
D) sticking bureaucracy

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Bureaucratic inertia refers to the tendency of bureaucratic organizations to continue their existing procedures and operations, even if they are inefficient or wasteful. The repeated reports of waste indicate a resistance to change, characteristic of bureaucratic inertia.

Every Year Canada's Auditor General Files a Report to Parliament