Answer:
B. Each decentralized operation purchases their own assets and pays for operating costs.
Explanation:
Advantages of decentralization includes; promotes quick decision making, encourages better control and supervision, ensures better control and supervision, reduces the burden of decision making on top management.
Based on the above, options A, C and D are advantages of decentalization.
The right option is therefore B. Each decentralized operation purchases their own assets and pays for operating costs.
This is not advantage but a disadvantage as owning assets and paying for expenses by the decentralized operations may result in increased cost for the entire organization.