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social science subjects
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Preferred term
decentralization
Definition
- Decentralization is the act or process of assigning the decision-making authority to lower levels of an organizational hierarchy. When the organization's hierarchy has more than two levels, decentralization is described in terms of its degree. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Decentralization]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/decentralization
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