3. Decentralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding planning and decision making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group.
4. 2 Examples of decentralization
5. -Elections
6. -Divisions in organizations
7. Advantages of Decentralization
8. -Better management & supervision
9. -Faster decision-making
10. -Promotes motivation & initiative
11. -Promotes diversity
12. -Problem of control and coordination
13. -small number of personnel
14. Types of Decentralization
15. Purpose of Decentralization
16. -Political Decentralization: This type of decentralization aims to give citizens and their elected their elected representatives more power, freedom, and influence in public decision-masking
17. Administrative Decentralization: This type of decentralization aims to redistribute athourity from superior levels of government to subordinate levels of government
18. Financial Decentralization (Fiscal): The authority given to regional or subordinate governments to manage their own financial affairs
19. Economic Decentralization: The authority given to regional or subordinate government to manage their economical resources
20. 3 Forms of Admistrative Decentralization
21. -Deconcentration: The redistribution of authority from the ministry of the central government to subnational or local governments
22. Delegation: The transfer of responsibility from central governments to semi-autonomous organizations not wholly controlled by the central government, but still accountable to it
23. -To enable organizations to work more efficiently
24. -It gives greater voice and choice to citizens to influence decisions that affect their lives.
25. -Devolution: The transfer of full authority of decision-making, finance, and management to quasi-autonomous units of local government with corporate status. In a devolved system, local governments have clear geographical boundaries over which they exercise authority and within which they perform public functions.