An excess as well as a lack of rules and procedures can lead to maladministration, which may also result from the existence of contradictory, inconsistent or unclear rules and procedures.
Prekomerno število pravil in postopkov, vendar pa tudi njihovo pomanjkanje, lahko vodi k upravnim nepravilnostim, ki so prav tako lahko posledica nasprotujočih si, neskladnih ali nejasnih pravil in postopkov.