It adopts the same procedure as those of the collegial system in which an agenda is considered at a collegial body of more than one member, but it is an independent system in which the power of final decision-making is given to one person.
手続的には複数の人物の合議体に付与される合議制と同じであるが、最終的な意思決定の権限は1人の人物に付与される独任制の形式を取る制度をいう。