decentralized

Examples of decentralized in the following topics:

• Decentralizing Responsibility

  • In decentralized structures, responsibility for decision making is broadly dispersed down to the lower levels of an organization.
  • Decentralized organizations must be mindful of the possibility of running in too many different directions at once.
  • This image illustrates a decentralized (often referred to as a "flat") organizational chart.
  • The management structure in a decentralized organization changes from a top-down approach to more of a peer-to-peer approach.
  • Compare and contrast centralization and decentralization of responsibility within the organizational hierarchy

• Characteristics of Organizational Structures

  • Important characteristics of an organization's structure include span of control, departmentalization, centralization, and decentralization.
  • Each of these structures provides different degrees of four common organizational elements: span of control, departmentalization, centralization, and decentralization.
  • Decentralization occurs when decision-making authority is dispersed among the lower organizational levels.
  • With decentralized authority, important decisions are made by middle-level and supervisory-level managers.
  • This diagram compares visual representations of a centralized vs. decentralized organizational structure.

• Team Communication

  • Communication patterns describe the flow of information within the group and can be described as centralized or decentralized.
  • In contrast, decentralized communication means team members share and exchange information directly with each other and with the group.
  • Most teams use a mix of the two approaches, choosing centralized communication for messages that are more complex, urgent, or time sensitive, and decentralized communication when discussion and idea generation are needed.

• Network Structure

  • ., more flat), more decentralized, and more flexible than other structures.
  • Because the network structure is decentralized, it has fewer tiers in its organizational makeup, a wider span of control, and a bottom-up flow of decision making and ideas.

• Increasing Empowerment

  • One key technique of empowering employees and providing autonomy is decentralizing the organizational structure.
  • Notice how the diagram of the centralized organization looks like one large asterisk with many spokes, whereas the diagram of the decentralized organization looks like many small interconnected asterisks.

• Basic Types of Organizations

  • Committees represent a decentralized approach to organizational design and tend to have a collaborative, often unstructured workplace.
  • In a matrix organization, teams of employees perform work to take advantage of the strengths and compensate for the weaknesses of both the functional and decentralized forms of organizational structure.

• Combining Internal and External Analyses

  • These actions can be supported by decentralized structures, local autonomy, and strategic alliances.

• Flattening Hierarchies

  • This "flattened" hierarchy promotes employee involvement through a decentralized decision-making process.

• Increasing Coordination

  • In practice, coordination involves a delicate balance between centralization and decentralization.

• Fulfilling the Organizing Function

  • Decentralization: The location of decision making authority is relatively evenly dispersed across the company.