The kingtel corporation is expanding operations into countries outside the united states. to improve local managers' responsiveness to local conditions, kingel's senior management has decided to delegate decision-making authority further down the chain of command. acme is

Acme is "decentralizing."

Decentralization is the procedure by which the exercises of an association, especially those with respect to arranging and basic leadership, are conveyed or assigned far from a focal, legitimate area or group. Concepts of decentralization have been connected to group dynamics and management science in private organizations and associations, political theory, law and open organization, financial aspects and innovation.  

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.