Directorate of distance education master of business administration

Decentralization: An organizational arrangement whereby the 
authority to make important decisions about organizational resources 
and to initiate new projects is shared with managers at all levels in the 
hierarchy.  It is the opposite of Centralization. 
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Delegation:  Assigning or entrusting tasks to another employee 
who would be expected to handle the job on behalf of the former to 
manage time better, to enhance the quality of the work output and in 
order to train people on the job. 
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Development:  Learning opportunities designed to help employees 
grow, which need not be limited to improving employees’ performance 
on current jobs. 
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Downsizing:   An organization’s strategy to reduce the present 
size of its workforce strength in order to improve its overall financial 
performance and ensure its survival. 
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Empowerment:   Providing employees with the skills and authority 
to made decisions that would be taken by higher-level functionaries in 
order to equip them to perform well and attain greater dignity. 
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