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/dɪˌsɛnˈtrəlaɪzd ˌmænɪdʒmənt/ · de cen tral ized man a gement
noun
- A management approach that distributes power and decision-making authority across different levels of an organization, often to increase efficiency, flexibility, and responsiveness. The company adopted a decentralized management structure to empower its regional offices to make decisions quickly and effectively.
- A system of governance that disperses power and decision-making authority among various stakeholders, often to promote transparency, accountability, and participation. The decentralized management of the community's resources helped to ensure that everyone had a voice in decision-making and a stake in the outcome.
verb
- To manage or govern an organization or system in a decentralized manner, often to increase efficiency, flexibility, and responsiveness. The company decided to decentralize its management to give its regional offices more autonomy and flexibility.
- To disperse power and decision-making authority among various stakeholders, often to promote transparency, accountability, and participation. The community decided to decentralize its management of resources to ensure that everyone had a voice in decision-making and a stake in the outcome.
Synonyms
distributed managementdecentralized governanceautonomous managementdistributed leadershipparticipatory governance
Antonyms
Did you know? Decentralized management has its roots in the work of management theorist Peter Drucker, who advocated for a more decentralized and participatory approach to management in the 1950s and 1960s.