Authors : Mohammad Agus Yusoff, Athambawa Sarjoon, Azmi Awang and Dori Efendi
Abstract: 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.
Mohammad Agus Yusoff, Athambawa Sarjoon, Azmi Awang and Dori Efendi, 2016. Conceptualizing Decentralization and its Dimensions. International Business Management, 10: 692-701.