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What is the main rationale behind transferring power, authority, and resources to lower levels of the public sector?
What is the main rationale behind transferring power, authority, and resources to lower levels of the public sector?
- To reduce the costs and increase the speed of processes and decision making (correct)
- To increase the costs and decrease the speed of processes and decision making
- To create more rigid and unresponsive processes
- To create more centralized decision making processes
What is the role of transformation in the process of decentralization?
What is the role of transformation in the process of decentralization?
- To centralize decision making processes
- To create new information flows to decision makers and process implementers in new locations (correct)
- To reduce the flexibility and responsiveness of processes
- To prevent the transfer of power and resources to lower levels of the public sector
What is the South African case an example of?
What is the South African case an example of?
- A case of centralization of power and resources
- A case of transformation without decentralization
- A case of reduction in decision making speed and flexibility
- A case of decentralization with the support of transformation (correct)
