The_Essential_Manager_s_Handbook

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

Delegation is the process

of transferring authority to

empower a subordinate to act

for you as a manager.

ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY

Managers should assign responsibility

to the empowered employee for

performing the job adequately.

CREATION OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Managers should hold empowered employees responsible

for properly carrying out their duties. This includes taking

responsibility for the completion of tasks assigned to them

and also being accountable to the manager for the

satisfactory performance of that work.

The four

components of

delegation

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