An organization in which management consciously attempts to spread authority to the lower organizational levels is said to be centralized.

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A centralized organization is one in which decision-making and authority are concentrated at the top level of management, whereas a decentralized organization attempts to distribute authority and decision-making across multiple levels of the organization. Therefore, a management that consciously attempts to spread authority to the lower organizational levels would describe a decentralized organization.

An Organization in Which Management Consciously Attempts to Spread Authority