la gestión de los recursos humanos en las empresas del siglo xxi
la gestión de los recursos humanos en las empresas del siglo xxi
la gestión de los recursos humanos en las empresas del siglo xxi
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THE DECENTRALIZATION CONTINUUM<br />
C<strong>en</strong>tralized CONTINUUM Dec<strong>en</strong>tralized<br />
Type<br />
C<strong>en</strong>tralized<br />
hierarchies<br />
Loose hierarchies<br />
Democracies<br />
Markets<br />
Type of <strong>de</strong>cision<br />
making system<br />
All important<br />
<strong>de</strong>cisions are ma<strong>de</strong><br />
by a few high level<br />
<strong>de</strong>cision makers<br />
Consi<strong>de</strong>rable<br />
<strong>de</strong>cision-making<br />
authority is<br />
<strong>de</strong>legated to very<br />
low organizational<br />
levels<br />
Decisions are ma<strong>de</strong><br />
by voting<br />
Markets<br />
Examples<br />
Traditional military<br />
organizations<br />
Consulting firms.<br />
Research<br />
universities<br />
Political<br />
<strong>de</strong>mocracies.<br />
Corporate<br />
sharehol<strong>de</strong>r<br />
meetings (MCC, ...)<br />
Free markets.<br />
The Internet<br />
(free <strong>la</strong>ncing)<br />
Internal markets<br />
insi<strong>de</strong> firms.<br />
Outsourcing<br />
-10-<br />
Organizations can be p<strong>la</strong>ced on a continuum based on how much people participate in<br />
making <strong>de</strong>cisions that matter to them.