Centralised and decentralised businesses

Centralised and decentralised businesses

One main thing a business needs to decide is where decison making power is located within the business structure.

The choice between centralised or decentralised is not an either/or choice. Most large businesses necessarily involve a degree of decentralisation when it starts to operate from several locations or it adds new business units and markets to enable easy decison making. 

Centralised - The concentration of managment and decison making power is located at the top of a a businesse hierachy, and are handled strictly at the top or the executive level. 

Advanatges to centralised businesses 

• Easier to implement common policies and…