属人(ぞくじん)

ぞくじん
noun
personal; person-dependent
worklaw
1. personal; person-dependent; individual-based
relating to or depending on a specific individual rather than a system, role, or territory
この業務(ぎょうむ)は属人(ぞくじん)的(てき)になっている。
This task has become dependent on a specific individual.
属人(ぞくじん)的(てき)な仕事(しごと)のやり方(やりかた)を見直(みなお)す必要(ひつよう)がある。
We need to reconsider our person-dependent way of working.
知識(ちしき)が特定(とくてい)の社員(しゃいん)に属人(ぞくじん)化(か)すると、その人(ひと)が辞(や)めたときに会社(かいしゃ)が困(こま)る。
When knowledge becomes concentrated in specific employees, the company suffers if those people leave.

A formal term meaning "belonging to or dependent on a specific person." In business contexts, 属人(ぞくじん)化(か) (becoming person-dependent) is considered a problem — when only one person knows how to do something, their absence creates risk. The opposite concept is 属地(ぞくち) (territory-based) in legal contexts, or マニュアル化(か)/システム化(か) (systematization) in business.

Common collocations

  • 属人(ぞくじん)的(てき): person-dependent (adjective)
  • 属人(ぞくじん)化(か): becoming person-dependent
  • 属人(ぞくじん)化(か)を防(ふせ)ぐ: to prevent person-dependency
  • 属人(ぞくじん)主義(しゅぎ): personalism (in law: the principle of personal jurisdiction)

Similar words

  • 属地(ぞくち): territory-based — the legal counterpart: based on location rather than person
  • 個人(こじん)的(てき): personal/individual — more general, without the negative connotation of dependency

Related Words

Compare: 個人的(こじんてき) (personal/individual)
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