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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. HR leaders are often asked: Where should work be managed in the organization? Efficiencies are lost in the cost of overhead. Those on the team that were based in the field worried about solutions that they couldn’t afford or would be “one size fits none.”

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Can African Tech Startups Succeed in a World Dominated by Facebook and Google?

Harvard Business

ICT has offered new ways of exchanging information and transacting business efficiently and cheaply. Sure, Africa has promising startups, but those are in extreme niche areas like agriculture tech and waste management tech, where there is no direct competition with the global tech giants.

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When to Decentralize Decision Making, and When Not To

Harvard Business

By doing so they avoid the delays associated with information and approvals traveling up and down the management hierarchy. We find it useful to start with four qualities most executives want their organizations to have: responsiveness, reliability, efficiency, and perennity (e.g., Efficiency through syndication.