The act of assigning activities to employees is called delegation. Managers delegate work to free their own time for other activities and decision making. Employees to whom managers assign tasks in return receive responsibility or the power to make decisions and act on them so the can carry out their responsibility. Delegation skill is the ability to effectively assign task responsibility and authority to others. Or, in other words, delegation skill is your ability to get things done by using work and time of other people. Delegating is not a way for mangers to get out of work they do not want to do as they still have to manage the tasks that were delegated. As a manager, when I delegate it allows my staff to use and develop their skills and knowledge to their full potential and allows the staff to learn new things.…
