less concentrated area”. My first topic will be showing where the idea of decentralization came from and how much of an influence the ancient Greeks had on our constitution. Another argument behind this is seeing how poorly the Articles of Confederation worked‚ and why we had to re-body our whole government. My last discussion will be to simply look at America in the past couple hundred years‚ and decide if decentralization has had a positive‚ or negative impact on us. The ancient Greeks existed
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English Department First Draft: Decentralization in Lebanon Decentralization in Lebanon In the twenty first century or in other words‚ the century we are living in‚ is full of modern political thoughts and what is related to them from public sector reforms. There are so many political systems that are followed every where. These political systems can best be summarized by two controversial systems. These two systems are the Centralized and the Decentralized systems. In Lebanon we
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I. Organizational Decentralization Rationale of Decentralization The term decentralization is often used in business environments and can be defined as the organizational severance and division of power‚ capital‚ and technical procedures and control into multiple units of the business.1 Decentralized corporations make it possible for managers to control without ownership. 4 In decentralized organizations‚ the breakdown is that the president of each unit of a business is on his or her own management-wise
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Delegation and decentralization Delegation of Authority Delegation is the process by which authority passes from one organizational level to another. But for delegation of authority‚ organizations would remain forever small. Delegation is the only solution to cope with the increasing work load of managers as the organization grows. Because of the-constraints of time and ability‚ a manager cannot perform all the tasks himself. Therefore‚ he delegates certain of the tasks to the subordinate and
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Decentralization In an organization‚ centralized way of making a decision entails less autonomy to everyone except the central leadership. In contrast‚ decentralization involves delegation of responsibility and the associated decision-making powers across various levels in the organization. Let us discover the pros and cons of this concept. A central command structure derives from an autocratic style of management. Autocracy is not necessarily an intention and could
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the kingdom of Scotland was more focused on centralization of its government. At the same time‚ England was a centralized medieval state‚ but lacked the complete control of a central government. The lack of open warfare between the English and Scottish kings between 1217 and 1296 is due to a multitude of factors; however‚ the most prominent factors are the centralization of both governments and the expansion of the English judicial system. The centralization of England’s government was well underway
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changes in the community era was a shift toward a more decentralized organizational structure of police departments. Decentralization has been accomplished in at least two different ways: (1) the physical restructuring of police departments and (2) the decentralization of decision making. In an effort to increase resident access to police‚ many departments have reversed the centralization trend popularized during the professional era. In some locations this has been accomplished by opening neighborhood-based
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Decentralization is the Key The indictment‚ international tribunal and formation of government have dominated the Lebanese’s concern lately. This played an important role in forgetting about other crucial issues that need to be discussed in order to ensure the stable growth of Lebanon. Many people blame the Doha agreement for the civil war and for all the chaos in Lebanon. Given the Lebanese situation today‚ shouldn’t the Lebanese government adopt a different political system‚ such as federalism
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When I started my teaching career in 1830‚ I envisioned one day that the United States would reach an education reform that would help students of all races and different social classes gain an education. In 1830‚ I taught at a schoolhouse in New Hampshire. The people of New Hampshire would tax themselves to raise enough money for the districts to afford teachers. Teachers were put up for auction or boarded with the lowest bidder. Luckily‚ New Hampshire chose me to work at one of their schoolhouses
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INTRODUCTION Most developing country’s governments and multilateral institutions are increasingly concerned by the slow progress being made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and have identified new ways of strengthening the development focus of their policies and programmes. For this reason‚ decentralisation is receiving increasing international attention as a potential tool in the acceleration of development. Though decentralisation would not be implemented solely for the direct
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