Delegation & You: For Managers and Leaders

By 'Yemi Adeyemi-Enilari

Delegation is an administrative process of getting things done by and through others by giving them responsibility/responsibilities.

In businesses, all important decisions are taken at top levels by Board of Directors. The execution is entrusted to the Chief Executive (sometimes called 'Chief Executive Officer"), the Chief Executive assigns the work to departmental managers who in turn delegates the authority to their subordinates.

Every superior delegate the authority to subordinates for getting a particular work done. The process goes down to the level where actual work is executed. The person who is made responsible for a particular work is given the requisite authority for getting it done.
There is a limit up to which a person can supervise the subordinates. When the number of subordinates increases beyond it, then he will have to delegate his powers to others who perform supervision for him.

A manager is not judged by the work he actually performs on his own, but the work he gets done through others. He assigns duties and authority to his subordinates and ensures the achievement of desired organisational goals.

To delegate is to assign responsibility and authority to someone else in order to complete the task(s) at hand, but you retain the overall responsibility for its success. Delegation of authority is very important to any organisation, as it empowers employees or team members. It is essential in sharing authority and duty among individuals within an organisation - without it, it will be difficult to establish a formal organisation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CFZQRSY7
• ISBN13: 9798856532660
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"