Decentralization

I. Organizational Decentralization Rationale of Decentralization The term decentralization is often used in business environments and can be defined as the organizational severance and division of power, capital, and technical procedures and control into multiple units of the business.1 Decentralized corporations make it possible for managers to control without ownership. 4 In decentralized organizations, the breakdown is that the president of each unit of a business is on his or her own management-wise

Centralization can be explained by that “authority to make important decisions lies towards the ‘head’ or centre of an organization” (Cummings, 1995), the decision-making actions are usually done by the top managers in hierarchical pyramid. While Decentralization, on the contrary, aims on raising employee empowerment and let the ‘low level’ manager engages in decision-making. In the modern market circumstances, most of the firms adopt centralization as the structure of firms. However, a hierarchical structure

centralized or decentralized is not black and white; “what is not centralized is decentralized” is not necessarily true in many cases. To achieve perfect decentralization, one must assure that the non-federal governments obtain enough autonomy so that, in result, neither becomes subordinate to the other. Additionally, fiscal decentralization is brought about through arriving at a certain level of economic autonomy at both levels of government . The main idea behind subsidiarity is that of the division

DECENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION8 5.0.1. Structure of a Decentralized Organization 10 5.0.2. Advantages of Decentralized Organizations 10 5.0.3. Disadvantages of Decentralization 10 5.0.4. Decentralized Responsibility and Decision Making 11 6.0. BUSINESS ETHICS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 12 7.0. DECISION GUIDELINES FOR THE QUESTION OF CENTRALIZATION OR DECENTRALIZATION 14 8.0. CONCLUSION 15 9.0. REFERENCES 17 DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CENTRALIZED AND DECENTRALIZED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES

projects in Kiambu County Decentralization, as a governance theme has been popular in both developed and developing countries across the world in recent times (Khan, 2006). It is a favoured system of governance since, according to Nupia, 2006 it leads to high levels of accountability through transparency in decision making. Faguet and Sanchez (2006) also argue that decentralized systems facilitate monitoring and access which promotes accountability. World over, decentralization is known to aid in the

Even though the university followed a centralized organizational model was not consistent throughout and there was a hidden decentralization of the IT governance. For instance, in a centralized model, the problems with the lecture capturing software while authenticating the already registered students or the inadequate network bandwidth should be solved by the help desk support team

While organizations once typically held centralized structures, the more recent trend is toward decentralization. Centralization is the extent that and organization’s decision-making is made at a single point or by a single person. In centralized organizations, top managers make all of the decisions, while lower-level managers and employees follow their instructions. In decentralized organizations, decision-making is delegated to work groups or the managers who are closest to the organization’s day-to-day

work well after it has been implemented, and if appropriately carried out it can result to an effectively functioning model. However, considering the extent of the county’s growth over the recent past, it is apparently clear that the proposed decentralization of high quality shops from a remodeling of an existing are need to be improved in order to ensure that communities living in the districts where the project is to be implemented receive effective, consistent, as well as efficient services (Alkhafaji

6.04.2015 1.2. Background Healthcare system across different countries has been affected by NPM reforms. Decentralisation as one of the main reforms under the NPM umbrella has started in different countries from different positions (Pollitt and Bouckaert, 2011, p. 102). For example, central government in the UK has praised the virtues of decentralisation, but in the early 1980s the UK was relatively a centralised country. Administrative decentralisation has been the preferred form. Few new powers

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this case study is to describe and analyse the features of the management control system (MCS) of University of Southern California (USC). Before commencing the analysis a brief background of USC is provided. The USC, located in Los Angeles, was established in 1880 as a private research institution. The university's academic and administrative programs are led by the president's cabinet, which is comprised of a provost and senior vice president for academic affairs,