delegation

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.

• The Framers of the Constitution

  • Almost all of these delegates had taken part in the Revolution.
  • At least twenty-nine of the delegates served in the Continental forces.
  • By 1787, four-fifths of the delegates had been in the Continental Congress.
  • Many delegates pursued more than one career simultaneously.
  • US Postage Stamp depicting delegates at the signing of the US Constitution.

• National Convention

  • The 2004 Democratic National Convention counted 4,353 delegates and 611 alternates.
  • The 2004 Republican National Convention had 2,509 delegates and 2,344 alternates.
  • Broadly speaking, each U.S. state and territory party is apportioned a select number of voting representatives, individually known as delegates and collectively as the delegation.
  • The 2004 Republican National Convention had 2,509 delegates and 2,344 alternates.
  • The delegation may pass, nominally to retally their delegates' preferences, but often to allow a different delegation to give the leading candidate the honor of casting the majority-making vote.

• The Structure of the Government

  • Accordingly, the delegates agreed on several principles.
  • While some delegates thought this was illegal, the Articles of Confederation were interpreted by other delegates as a treaty between sovereign states rather than a national constitution, so any legal problems were quietly eliminated from the debate.
  • Several proposals were presented by delegates to the Convention outlining various political structures.
  • Larger state delegates favored a system whereby representation in both houses would be proportional.
  • Describe the work done by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention

• Selecting Candidates

  • Generally, each U.S. state and territory is allotted a select number of voting representatives, known individually as delegates and collectively as the delegation.
  • The size of each delegation depends upon the unique formula used by a given political party.
  • The spokespersons of the states are called upon in alphabetical order by state name to announce their delegation count or to pass.
  • After all states have either declared or passed, those states that passed must announce their delegate count.
  • The decision to pass is usually made beforehand to give either the delegation of the presidential or vice presidential candidates' home state the honor of casting the majority-making vote.

• A New Constitution

  • Delegates presented several proposals outlining various political structures.
  • Delegates also accepted the need for either a unicameral (one-house) or a bicameral (two-house) legislature.
  • While northern delegations wanted only free citizens to count toward representation, southern delegations wanted to include slaves as a way of increasing their states’ representation in government.
  • Not all of the delegates were pleased with the results; 13 delegates left before the signing ceremony and three of those remaining refused to sign.
  • Postage, Issue of 1937, depicting Delegates at the signing of the U.S.

• Delegated Powers

  • The delegated powers are a list of items found in the U.S.
  • And many presidential powers are delegated powers that Congress has accorded presidents to exercise on its behalf and that it can cut back or rescind.
  • The delegated powers, also called enumerated powers, are a list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S.
  • The Tenth Amendment states that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. " Historically, Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States have broadly interpreted these provisions.

• The U.S. Constitution

  • Although various disputes arose between delegates with contrasting perspectives of a successful political structure, the result was the United States Constitution.
  • Several proposals were presented by delegates to the Convention, outlining various political structures.
  • Delegates also accepted the need for a bicameral (two-house) legislature, similar to the British Parliament.
  • In Sherman's plan, a House of Representatives would be based on proportional representation and a Senate, where representation would be fixed to two delegates per state.
  • Southern delegates originally demanded that slaves be counted as a whole person while Northern delegates argued that only free people could be counted.

• From Annapolis to Philadelphia

  • Prior to the Philadelphia Convention, delegates met twice-—at Mount Vernon and Annapolis—to discuss changes to the Confederation.
  • Prior to the Annapolis Convention and the 1787 Philadelphia convention that saw the drafting of the United States Constitution, delegates from Virginia and Maryland met at George Washington's home at Mount Vernon, Virginia in March 1785.
  • The Mount Vernon delegates encouraged Pennsylvania and Delaware to join the agreement as well.
  • He had little to show for efforts to get Virginia's delegates in the Continental Congress to seek expanded powers to deal with trade issues.
  • It expressed the hope that more states would be represented and that their delegates or deputies would be authorized to examine areas broader than simply commercial trade.

• Constituency

  • Representatives can act in two models of representation: as delegates or trustees.
  • The delegate model of representation is a model of a representative democracy.
  • In this model, constituents elect their representatives as delegates for their constituency.
  • These delegates act only as a mouthpiece for the wishes of their constituency, and have no autonomy from the constituency.
  • By contrast in the delegate model, the representative is expected to act strictly in according to a mandate from the represented.