decentralisedprocedure
nounA way of doing something where many people or places share the work instead of one boss doing it all.
The company used a decentralised procedure so each local office could make its own decisions.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In the European Union, a legal route for approving a medicine in several countries at once, led by one reference country.
The drug was approved through the decentralised procedure across five EU member states.
3. A business workflow where decision-making power is passed down to regional teams.
Their decentralised procedure lets branch managers approve small purchases without head-office sign-off.
4. Any official set of steps carried out by multiple independent groups rather than a single central authority.
The relief effort followed a decentralised procedure, with each town coordinating its own supplies.