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Subsidiarity

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, subsidiarity means: The principle that decisions should be handled at the lowest level capable of dealing with them effectively.

In Turkish: yerinden karar alma ilkesi

How it is used

In management, use to discuss an appropriate decision level; this does not remove the need for higher-level coordination.

Example sentences

  1. Subsidiarity guided our choice to let branches decide their local opening hours.

    Local capability supports keeping a decision close to its effects.

  2. The group applied subsidiarity but kept decisions affecting all regions at headquarters.

    The appropriate level depends on the scope and capability required.

Common collocations

  • principle of subsidiarity
  • apply subsidiarity
  • delegateTo give part of your work, responsibility or decision-making power to someone else, usually a person in your team, while still checking that the result is achieved.
  • authorityThe official power or right to make decisions, give instructions and use resources, usually linked to a person's role in an organisation.

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