<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>150</termId><termName>Decentralisation</termName><termType>TT</termType><termLanguage>en-EN</termLanguage><termVocabulary>D4RUNOFF</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>Decentralisation</termSortkey><termNote label="Source"><![CDATA[ <p>EEA</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>Basic organizational leadership concept and process of shifting and delegating power and authority from a higher level to subordinate levels within the administrative/managerial hierarchy in order to promote independence, responsibility, and quicker decision-making in applying or interpreting policies and procedures to the needs of these levels.</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>Basic organizational leadership concept and process of shifting and delegating power and authority from a higher level to subordinate levels within the administrative/managerial hierarchy in order to promote independence, responsibility, and quicker decision-making in applying or interpreting policies and procedures to the needs of these levels.</p> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>Decentralisation</termCreatedDate></term>  </Zthes>