TY  - JOUR
T1  - Conceptualizing Decentralization and its Dimensions
AU - Yusoff, Mohammad Agus AU - Sarjoon, Athambawa AU - Awang, Azmi AU - Efendi, Dori 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
SP  - 692
EP  - 701
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2016.692.701
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.692.701
KW  - Conceptualization
KW  -decentralization
KW  -dimensions
KW  -devolution
KW  -delegation
KW  -de-concentration
AB  - The subject of ‘decentralization’ has come to get the higher and especial attentions of several countries and many of them come to use this for their political, administrative, social and economic advancement in the recent past. Many institutions and agencies also recommend and advocate the application of decentralization for different reasons. However, different definitions and interpretations have been developed in conceptualizing decentralization by different scholars and organizations based on their different thematic motivations which make students, researchers and public difficult to understand it, its dimensions and forms in a comprehensive manner. Researches, reports and documents interchangeably use the term ‘decentralization’ with ‘devolution’ and ‘de-concentration’ without understanding the real meanings and differences. Therefore, conceptualizing decentralization and its dimensions gets importance for the better understanding of the subject and its usefulness. This study is developed with the objective of conceptualizing decentralization, its application dimensions and its usefulness by reviewing and analyzing the existing definitions and interpretations. The conceptualization is entirely developed based on secondary data but incorporated utmost fresh literatures collected from different angles and sources.
ER  -