Decentralization: Sketches Toward a Rational TheoryOelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain ; Königstein/Ts. : Verlag A. Hain, 1980 - Business & Economics - 356 pages |
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adjustment agency analysis Appendix aspect of decentralization assume assumptions average behavior capacity centralization Chapter clients controller's coordination D-mile decen decision decreases degree of decentralization delegation demand dimensions dispersion distance distribution dollars per hour dollars per month economic economies of scale effect error rate example favor feedback Fesler Figure fixed cost flatness functional space greater hierarchical levels horizontal communication increase input interaction less manager memory miles per hour minimize number of agents number of facilities number of hierarchical number of levels operating cost opportunity cost optimal number optimum participation percent perform political probability problems random variable ratio region request load requests per month response result service a request service organization social sorter specialties specified stage statistically independent tend tion total cost tralization trend unit users utility variables varies vertical communication waiting