Sentence examples for centralized responsibilities from inspiring English sources

In the Norwegian housing sector, while the devolution of functions to the private sector has clarified and centralized responsibilities, the process appears to have diffused accountability.

In 1995, Britain centralized responsibility for meat inspections from 300 local district councils to the newly created Meat Hygiene Service.

Ms. Townsend said Mr. Bush would work with Congress on three recommendations that would require legislation, including the creation of a position of assistant attorney general at the Justice Department that would centralize responsibility for intelligence and national security matters in a single office.

Are they centralized or de-centralized?

We provide evidence that top executives in Indian firms are highly centralized and do not delegate functional responsibility and decision making to middle-management.

During the years of socialism after the Second World War until 1989, early childhood education and care service provision became a state responsibility, and were highly centralized and uniform for a given age group.

Mayor Robert Bartlett said responsibility for filing taxes has been centralized within the finance department and said he believes such an error will not reoccur.

Over time, many American multinationals have fine-tuned that model by establishing country or regional managers on the ground, brand or technology managers with global responsibility, and a headquarters staff that keeps centralized control.

Still another strategy relies upon centralized conduct of most or all aspects of the study, although responsibility for individual study-wide aspects can be distributed to collaborating centers (8).

This overestimation of the role of the state-owned health care system, which was highly centralized, free, and accessible to all citizens, diminishes the understanding of individual responsibility for personal health and lifestyle.

Overall our results suggest that a shift from a centralized to a more localized decision-making process may enhance people's sense of responsibility toward their community, but not all forms of social capital are positively affected in the process.