delegation

(noun)

An act of delegating.

Related Terms

Examples of delegation in the following topics:

  • Delegation of Authority

    • Delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to another person to carry out specific activities.
    • Assigning a subordinate as a project leader is a form of delegation
    • Delegation empowers a subordinate to make decisions and if properly done, is not abdication.
    • The opposite of effective delegation is micromanagement, where a manager provides too much input, direction, and review of delegated work.
    • Poor delegation, on the other hand, might cause frustration and confusion.

  • Decentralization

    • Decentralization is the policy of delegating decision-making authority down to the lower levels in an organization.
    • Decentralization is the policy of delegating decision-making authority down to the lower levels in an organization, away from senior management and more broadly across the organization.
    • In a more decentralized organization, the top executives delegate much of their decision-making authority to lower tiers of the organizational structure.

  • Benefits of Organization

    • Delegation is the process managers use to transfer authority and responsibility to positions below them.
    • Today, organizations tend to encourage delegation from the highest to lowest possible levels.
    • Delegation can improve an organizations flexibility to meet customers' needs and help organizations adapt to competitive environments.
    • Explain the role of specialization, delegation, efficiency and departmentalization in effective organization.

  • Sensitivity to Human Relations

    • Delegating - Managers must take on the functional role of delegation.

  • The role of the manager

    • Instead, the role of the higher-level manager is to help the lower-level manager tackle problems through delegation and dialogue by involving everyone involved with the problem.

  • Employee Responsibility

    • Managers must understand how much responsibility can be delegated to a given employee, and how that responsibility should be handed over.
    • Realize the intrinsic motivational value of collaborating with employees to set objectives and delegate responsibility

  • What to do when efforts slow

    • Delegate tasks.

  • Government and Nonprofit Accounting

    • In other words, the representatives of the public, and officials appointed by them, must be accountable to the public for powers and tasks delegated.
    • The public, who have no other choice but to delegate, are in a position that differs significantly from that of shareholders and therefore need financial information, to be supplied by accounting systems, that is applicable and relevant to them and their purposes.

  • The Need for Management

    • Since most managers are responsible for more work than one person can normally perform, a good manager delegates and integrates his or her work (or the work of others).

  • Introduction

    • Owners of a growing business eventually have to decide how to organize employees and delegate authority.