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Two of the most important decisions to be made in any organization are: ‘How decentralized should the organization be?’ and ‘What decisions should be delegated?’1 These are the questions discussed in this chapter. The first question is about general policy, the second asks about the way in which it should be implemented.
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D. S. Pugh, D. J. Hickson, C. R. Hinings and C. Turner, ‘Dimensions of Organization Structure’, Administrative Science Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1 (June 1968) pp. 65–105.
D. B. Truman, Administrative Decentralization (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1940) pp. 56–9. Quoted in Kaufman, Forest Ranger, p. 231.
Cf. Harold J. Leavitt and Thomas Whisler, ‘Management in the 1980s’, Harvard Business Review (Nov–Dec 1958) pp. 41–8.
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Stewart, R. (1970). How Much Decentralization?. In: The Reality of Organizations. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00789-9_8
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