Bureaucratic masturbation

[Vania]

noun - 1. Engaging in any activity for the sake of making one feel better about themselves, their organization, or their company without actually accomplishing anything. 2. Holding [meetings] to provide recommendations only to have management do what they wanted in the first place. 3. Holding special work group meetings to make the little people feel [ownership], when [the decision] has already been made by higher levels of management.