What is organizational decoupling?

Answer 1

Means to un-hitch or un-attach.

In economics, it is a theory that when Latin America countries detach from depending on the US, they would be more insulated from recession.

As an organizational theory, decoupling is when an organization keeps gaps between their formal policies and their actual organizational practices. In many places, like school handbooks and the TOS/TOU guidelines on websites, one thing is said, but their practices indicate something else. That can get someone in trouble when laxity on one site is expected on another and they find it isn't there. Recoupling would be when that sort of situation exists and they try to end it. Carrying the web example further, some sites that have a gap between their user agreements and enforcement will either enforce their guidelines or change them.

In electronics, decoupling is a way to attach multiple circuits to the same power supply or to isolate circuits from each other. Usually, bypass capacitors are added.

Answer 2

Decoupled organizations face multiple environments and interact with each environment at different organizational levels. Each environment may have sub environments to which an agency may have to respond.

Answer 3

If your program have two parts : A and B, which may be classes.
A and B are decoupled if A can be used without B and B can be used without A.
It is often desirable as it simplifies re-use.

Answer 4

decoupling is the separation of two railroad cars by manipulation of their couplers