PSEUDO-PRODUCTIVITY The use of visible activity as the primary means of approximating actual productive effort.
Good Concept - Bad Name. The term should be performative
psuedo-productivity. the act of going through lots of high visibilty actions that look productive but are short uninvolved tasks.
Lots of it done for the sake of social pressure or apperence to alleviate guikt, peer preasure, or managerial scrutiny.