Centralization and Decentralization Introduction Considerable debate has taken place over the years over the issue of ‘centralization’ that means that the authority for most decisions is concentrated at the top of the managerial hierarchy versus ‘decentralization’ that requires such authority to be dispersed by extension and delegation throughout all levels of management. There are advantages as well as disadvantages of both types of structures. A pure form of centralization is not practical
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Article of Confederation. A decentralized government means that the states holds the power of governing the people as opposed to a centralized government‚ where the national government will rule all the states. The tension between decentralized and centralized power still exists. Some problems of decentralized power that existed under the Article of Confederation were tax‚ leadership‚ and law. Being a decentralized power did not give the national government direct authority over citizens‚ instead they
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Distinguish between line authority and staff authority is new concept for me. Authority is the right to perform a task or give orders to some one else. Line authority is the right to carry out tasks and give orders related to the organization’s primary purpose. Staff authority is the right to advise or assist those with line authority. As a QA supervisor‚ I have staff authority. I instruct to stop production process if my team observed any quality related issues. Hold the finished product. Ask
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Between 600 BCE and 600 CE‚ the development of a strong centralized authority is a cause to the unification of Chinese warring states and the subsequent rise of the Qin Dynasty. An effective bureaucracy in the Qin state was used as a tool of centralization to subordinate the aristocracy. With the removal of multiple local authorities‚ the Qin state quickly developed their economy and formed a stronger military. Merchants no longer had to worry about varying local taxes and regulations thereby increasing
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Carl Anderson and John J. Bartholdi‚ III (2000). Centralized versus decentralized control in manufacturing: lessons from social insects. Pages 92–105 in “Complexity and Complex Systems in Industry‚” Proceedings‚ University of Warwick‚ 19th–20th September 2000‚ (McCarthy‚ I. P. and Rakotobe-Joel‚ T.‚ Eds.). The University of Warwick‚ U.K. 652 pp. [ISBN 0 902683 50 0] Centralized versus decentralized control in manufacturing: lessons from social insects Carl Anderson† and John J. Bartholdi‚ III
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name a few‚ deemed it necessary construct and instill a government that would protect the individual rights of American citizens while avoiding a tyrannical government from taking charge of the nation. The first attempt of government‚ lead to a decentralized government brought in place by the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation called for states being sovereign and independent because of the fear of a central government. The issue the opposition
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3.2 DECENTRALISED PLANNING India is rightly regarded as the land of villages. In a country where 72.22% of the population (2001 Census) lives in 5‚80‚781 villages‚ the importance of rural local government popularly known as Panchayati Raj in India‚ is self-evident. Indeed‚ the idea of rural local government is part of a larger concern for social & economic amelioration of the people‚ a task to which the country is irrevocably committed. The Panchayats have been among the oldest political institutions
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an extension of the owner’s or board’s personality‚ management style and characteristics. Two types of organizational structures are found in the business environment: centralized and decentralized. Each structure offers advantages and disadvantages for organizations. One company who wholeheartedly operates under a decentralized organizational structure is British Petroleum. BP is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the United Kingdom. It operates in over 80 countries
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the metropolitan regions. In India it has benefitted the growth and development of Metro regions but failed to develop the rural and backward regions. In India 70% of the people live in rural area. To develop India the plan should be made to develop the rural regions which should include development plans for all the sectors influencing the region. Since development of one sector leads to impact on several sectors a comprehensive plan is to be prepared considering all the side effects and impacts on
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our manufacturing operations at a single factory specific to a product to consolidate global demand and capitalize low cost manufacturing and sourcing. There are many surveys from the market have proved that centralized structures accommodated logistics system integration better than decentralized structures. In some situations there is no advantage to global integration or the global integration is detrimental‚ e.g. there is too much logistics expense and overhead cost‚ and it is more viable to manufacture
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