Perhaps the person you are speaking to does not actually hold the decision making power, but does not want to give that fact away.

也许与你交谈的人并不是真正具有决策权利的人，但他不想把这一事实公之于众。

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Only Paul Annacone previously had been given that kind of decision-making power while still an active player.

以前，只有保罗因善决策，球风积极而上过此榜。

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By breaking down into smaller organizational units such as teams-and giving them real decision-making power - even the largest companies can become nimbler than their competitors.

通过将组织结构缩小到更小的单位——像团队那么大，给他们真正能够做决策的权利——就算最庞大的公司都能也能变得比对手更灵活。

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And they lack decision making power.

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The proposed changes will also massively erode the existing full members' decision-making power.

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Managers must learn to run loose hierarchies in which much of the decision-making power is pushed down the organisation.

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