what is decentralisation ?
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Decentralization is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding planning and decision making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group.[1] Concepts of decentralization have been applied to group dynamics and management science in private businesses and organizations, political science, law and public administration, economics, money and technology.
The word "centralization" came into use in France in 1794 as the post-French Revolution French Directory leadership created a new government structure. The word "decentralization" came into usage in the 1820's. "Centralization" entered written English in the first third of the 1800's; mentions of decentralization also first appear during those years. In the mid-1800's Tocqueville would write that the French Revolution began with "a push towards decentralization...[but became,] in the end, an extension of centralization. In 1863 retired French bureaucrat Maurice Block wrote an article called "Decentralization" for a French journal which reviewed the dynamics of government and bureaucratic centralization and recent French efforts at decentralization of government functions.