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61Organizational configuration — Today’s companies are faced with strategic tasks emerging from the international operating environment. The ability to respond to those tasks is usually constrained by their internal capabilities, which are shaped by the company’s administrative… …
62control — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 power over sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ effective, proper (esp. BrE) ▪ close …
63centralization — 1801, especially of administrative power, originally with reference to Napoleonic France. See CENTRALIZE (Cf. centralize) + ATION (Cf. ation) …
64Ethiopia — The reunification of Ethiopia, an ancient east African kingdom also known as Abyssinia, was begun in the nineteenth century by Lij Kasa, who conquered Amhara, Gojjam, Tigray, and Shoa, and in 1855 had himself crowned emperor as Tewodros II. He …
65center — n Center, middle, midst, core, hub, focus, nucleus, heart are comparable when meaning the point, spot, or portion of a thing which is comparable to a point around which a circle is described. Center approximates more or less closely its strict… …
66centralisation — noun 1. the act of consolidating power under a central control • Syn: ↑centralization • Ant: ↑decentralization (for: ↑centralization) • Derivationally related forms: ↑centralise, ↑ …
67centralization — noun 1. the act of consolidating power under a central control (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑centralisation • Ant: ↑decentralization • Derivationally related forms: ↑centralise (for: ↑ …
68decentralise — v. same as {decentralize}. Opposite of {centralize} and {concentrate} Syn: decentralize, deconcentrate. [WordNet 1.5] …
69Municipalize — Mu*nic i*pal*ize, v. t. [Municipal + ize.] To bring under municipal oversight or control; as, a municipalized industry. London people are now determined to centralize and to municipalize such services. The Century. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
70centralise — British variant of centralize …
