The Power of Delegation

Delegation is an important factor in managing any type of business or organization. But what is delegation? According to Google dictionary, delegation is "The process by which an object passes on a message it has received to a sub-ordinate object," (2005). A manager's responsibility is to plan, organize, direct and control. Delegation is an important part of these responsibilities. Delegation refers to specific decision making. Gerard M. Blair states, "The objective of delegation is to get the job done by someone else. Not just the simple tasks of reading instructions and turning a lever, but also the decision making and changes which depend upon new information. With delegation, your staff has the authority to react to situations without referring back to you," (2005). To me, delegation means telling someone to do a task and expecting them to be able to complete that task on their own. In this paper, I will be illustrating how managers in my company delegate as part of their management responsibilities how delegation should be used more effectively in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling in any organization.…