A global coordination mechanism that depends to a great extent on the direct actions and intervention of managers at headquarters (As defined by Bartlett and Ghoshal)
The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city
upper level management retains major decision making authority, creating all major policies and programs, and preserving the authority to make significant changes