This document defines and describes decentralization in organizational structures. It states that decentralization is the process of transferring decision-making authority to lower levels of the organizational hierarchy. There are three main forms of decentralization: deconcentration, delegation, and devolution, which differ in the level of autonomy given to lower organizational units. The strengths of decentralization include emphasizing bottom-up decision-making and participation, allowing organizational change to emerge from interactions, and providing flexible execution that can adapt to minor issues.

1. DECENTRALIZED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

2. Centralization: The process of transferring and assigning decision-making authority to higher levels of an organizational hierarchy.

3. Decentralization: The process of transferring and assigning decision-making authority to lower levels of an organizational hierarchy.

5. Knowledge, information and ideas are flowing from the bottom to the top of the organization.

7. Delegation: A more extensive form of decentralization. Through delegation responsibility for decision-making is transferred to semi-autonomous organizations not wholly controlled by the central organization, but ultimate accountable to it.

10. Decision-making: democratic, participate, detailed.

11. Organizational change: emerging from interactions, organizational dynamics.

12. Execution: evolutionary, emergent. Flexible to adopt to minor issues and changes.