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Commitment & Enforcement Architecture

Delegated Burden Archetype

Definition

Third performative governance archetype where commitments are made centrally but execution responsibility pushed downstream without matching authority or resources. Failure appears as operational underperformance, but the structural cause is authority asymmetry.

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Executive announces organisation-wide digital transformation; IT department bears accountability without budget authority or mandate over business units. Target missed; blame assigned to 'implementation failure.'

Source

CEA-PG Section 4.3

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