Which factors decide how much decision-making authority to delegate?

1. Several factors bear on how much authority to delegate throughout an organization. 2. They include the size of the organization and the speed of change in its environment. 3. They also include the willingness of managers to give up authority, the willingness of employees to accept it, and geographic dispersion. 4. Dividend policy, share price, founder age, and packaging have no place in that list. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 7 "Designing Organizational Structures", section 7.5 Degree of Centralization_