centralization
Authority in one
Centralization is the concentration of control or authority in a single place or body.
A centralized government holds power at the national level rather than distributing it to regions.
A company might pursue centralization of its operations, consolidating scattered offices into one headquarters.
The opposite is decentralization.
Centralization of the school district eliminated local decision-making.
Ranked authority structure
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- autocracyRule by one
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
totalitarianism · oligarchy · supremacy · dominance · command · absolutism · despotism · tyranny
Divided governmental authority system
- statismDoctrine of governmental dominance
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
mandate · policy · legislation · administration · bureaucracy · institutional · municipal · provincial
Corporate combination
- amalgamationUniting into one
- integrationCombining into a whole
- unificationMerging into one entity
- fusionJoining into unity
convergence · coalescence · combination · incorporation · assimilation · streamlining · rationalization · restructuring
Large centralized computer system
- serverOne who attends tables
- hubCentral connection point
- nodeConnection point in networks
- networkInterconnected system
infrastructure · database · cloud · architecture · backbone · processing · routing · cluster
Forced communal ownership transfer
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- SovietOf the USSR
- dirigismeState-directed economic policy
- quotaFixed assigned amount
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- autocracyRule by one
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · oligarchy · supremacy · dominance · command · absolutism · despotism · tyranny · hegemony
federalism
Divided governmental authority system
- statismDoctrine of governmental dominance
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
jurisdiction · mandate · policy · legislation · administration · bureaucracy · institutional · municipal · provincial · national
merger
Corporate combination
- amalgamationUniting into one
- integrationCombining into a whole
- unificationMerging into one entity
fusion · convergence · coalescence · combination · incorporation · assimilation · streamlining · rationalization · restructuring · downsizing
mainframe
Large centralized computer system
network · infrastructure · database · cloud · architecture · backbone · processing · routing · cluster · terminal
collectivization
Forced communal ownership transfer
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- SovietOf the USSR
- dirigismeState-directed economic policy
quota · rationing · requisition · collectivism · commune
- Meiji JapanEmperor Meiji, modernization, westernization, privy council, prefectures
- planned economiescommand economy, five-year plan, production quotas, planning commission, dirigisme
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- Imperial ChinaHan dynasty, emperor, dynasties, emperors, Three Kingdoms
- Napoleonic EraNapoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Code
- Bourbon FranceVersailles, the Sun King, Louis XV, Colbert, Edict of Nantes
centralizationdecentralization
Distributing power from center
decentralisation · devolution · distribution · dispersal · federalism
centralizationdecentralization
Distributing power from center
peer-to-peer · federation · mesh networks · horizontal scaling · modular design