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		<title>Dirkjan at 19:44, 27 August 2020</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Balancing &lt;/del&gt;centralization and decentralization&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In the [[Theory of organizational design|Theory of organizational design]] managers need to seek a balance between [[Centralization|Centralization]] and [[Decentralization|Decentralization]]. Both alternatives have certain advantages and disadvantages:&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* The advantage of &lt;/ins&gt;centralization &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is that it lets top managers coordinate an organizational activities &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;keep the organization focused on its goals.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* The advantage of &lt;/ins&gt;decentralization &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is that it promotes flexibility and responsibilities by allowing lower-level managers to make on the spot decisions. Managers are accountable for their decisions but have the opportunity to assume greater responsibility.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The ideal situation is where middle and lower managers who are at the scene of the action are allowed to make important decisions. Top managers primairy responsibilities becomes long term strategy making and short term flexibility and innovation.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Dirkjan at 19:07, 27 August 2020</title>
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		<updated>2020-08-27T19:07:28Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In the [[Theory of organizational design|Theory of organizational design]] managers need to seek a balance between [[Centralization|Centralization]] and [[Decentralization|Decentralization]]. Both alternatives have certain advantages and disadvantages:&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Balancing &lt;/ins&gt;centralization and decentralization&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* The advantage of &lt;/del&gt;centralization &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is that it lets top managers coordinate an organizational activities &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;keep the organization focused on its goals.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* The advantage of &lt;/del&gt;decentralization &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is that it promotes flexibility and responsibilities by allowing lower-level managers to make on the spot decisions. Managers are accountable for their decisions but have the opportunity to assume greater responsibility.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The ideal situation is where middle and lower managers who are at the scene of the action are allowed to make important decisions. Top managers primairy responsibilities becomes long term strategy making and short term flexibility and innovation.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Dirkjan: Created page with &quot;In the Theory of organizational design managers need to seek a balance between Centralization and Decentralization|Dec...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2020-08-25T07:48:33Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;In the &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Theory_of_organizational_design&quot; title=&quot;Theory of organizational design&quot;&gt;Theory of organizational design&lt;/a&gt; managers need to seek a balance between &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Centralization&quot; title=&quot;Centralization&quot;&gt;Centralization&lt;/a&gt; and Decentralization|Dec...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the [[Theory of organizational design|Theory of organizational design]] managers need to seek a balance between [[Centralization|Centralization]] and [[Decentralization|Decentralization]]. Both alternatives have certain advantages and disadvantages:&lt;br /&gt;
* The advantage of centralization is that it lets top managers coordinate an organizational activities and keep the organization focused on its goals.&lt;br /&gt;
* The advantage of decentralization is that it promotes flexibility and responsibilities by allowing lower-level managers to make on the spot decisions. Managers are accountable for their decisions but have the opportunity to assume greater responsibility.&lt;br /&gt;
The ideal situation is where middle and lower managers who are at the scene of the action are allowed to make important decisions. Top managers primairy responsibilities becomes long term strategy making and short term flexibility and innovation.&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:management]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Theory of organizational design]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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