- centralized: drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government"
- Centralisation, or centralization (see spelling differences), is the process by which the activities of an organisation, particularly those regarding planning decision-making, become concentrated within a particular location and/or group.
- (Centraliser) In group theory, the centralizer and normalizer of a subset S of a group G are subgroups of G which have a restricted action on the elements of S and S as a whole, respectively. These subgroups can provide insight into the structure of G.
- (Centralisation) The gathering together, at a corporate headquarters, of specialist functions such as finance, personnel and information technology. Centralisation is usually undertaken in order to affect economies of scale and to standardise operating procedures throughout the organization. ...
- (Centralisation) is when a relatively large number of decisions are taken by management at the top of the organisation.
- (centralisation) to move pieces towards the centre - a good idea if there is no obvious alternative plan. Example in the Strategical Themes section of the Canon.
- (Centralise) To centre a wave on the 0 mark.
- A management structure in which most decisions are taken at the centre, or at higher levels of management.
- The concept of keeping services at a central point. Since the entire computing load is at this central point, more resources are required to ensure quality of service, driving the costs up or the service quality down. ...