稟議

• 読み: りんぎ
• ローマ字: ringi
• 漢字の分解: 稟 (rin) — to report to a superior; 議 (gi) — deliberation, proposal
• 発音: /ɾiŋgi/

意味

Internal approval process; the circulation of a proposal through a hierarchy for collective sign-off.

A distinctly Japanese organisational process in which a proposal is drafted by a lower-level employee and circulated upward through a chain of approvers, each adding their stamp. 稟議書 (ringi document) and 稟議を回す (to circulate for approval) are standard corporate expressions. The process emphasises consensus-building over top-down decision-making, but is often criticised for creating slow and diffuse accountability.

例文

1. 新しいシステムの導入には稟議書を作成し、役員会の承認を得る必要がある。
2. 稟議が通るまでに三週間もかかったため、入札の締め切りに間に合わなかった。
3. 稟議制度は日本型経営の特徴の一つとして、海外でも研究されている。

使い方ガイド

場面: corporate management, government, organisational behaviour, Japan-specific

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

稟 (rin) is a formal character meaning 'to report to a superior' or 'to receive a mandate.' 議 (gi) means 'deliberation, proposal.' Together they describe the formal act of submitting a proposal upward through a hierarchy for deliberation and approval.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Business/Government