What is Delegation?

Delegation

• Delegation is an administrative process of getting things done by others by giving them responsibility.
• All important decisions are taken at top level by Board of Directors.
• The execution is entrusted to Chief Executive.
• The Chief Executive assigns to the work to departmental managers who in turn delegate the authority to their subordinates.
• Every superior delegates the authority to subordinates for getting a particular work done.
• The process goes to the level-~here 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.

Definitions:

Allen. “The entrustment or a part of the work, or responsibility and authority to another, and the creation of accountability for performances”.