{"id":20138,"date":"2019-11-18T19:32:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=20138"},"modified":"2019-11-18T19:32:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:32:40","slug":"management-by-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/management-by-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Management by Delegation: When Should You Choose This Approach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.managers.org.uk\/~\/media\/Images\/Insights\/DelegationSkills.jpg?h=399&amp;w=600\" alt=\"\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0630\u0627\u062a \u0635\u0644\u0629\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">No one person can do everything. Even if they think they can, that only shows they don\u2019t understand themselves or their core skills, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">or the tasks assigned to them. That\u2019s why management by delegation is a temporary\u2014and perhaps even permanent\u2014solution that business or company owners turn to when they consider <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">it appropriate and necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The key question to discuss here is not whether managers should delegate their authority and responsibilities to others, but when <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">they should do so\u2014and what qualifications the person entrusted with a particular task should have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">We\u2019ll try to answer some of these questions here, but first, we should briefly note that management by delegation offers many benefits, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Perhaps the most notable is that it helps employees learn and develop decision-making skills, while giving them a degree of freedom to put their ideas and perspectives into practice within the limits of <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">the authority granted to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"spk-wi-3920\" class=\"speakol-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Delegate to the lowest acceptable level:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If you want to delegate effectively\u2014as a project manager or business owner\u2014you need to follow several principles. One is to delegate authority <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and decision-making power to the lowest acceptable level. In other words, delegate tasks that would distract you from more important work. It makes sense to give someone <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">else the freedom to handle them and make whatever decisions they consider appropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">But don\u2019t expect too much from the person you\u2019ve delegated a task to. They\u2019re not you, so they won\u2019t go beyond what you\u2019ve asked of them or <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">exceed the authority you\u2019ve delegated to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Sufficient authority:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If your goal is to achieve the best results\u2014not merely to get tasks off your plate\u2014you must give the person you delegate to enough <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">authority to meet your expectations, deliver results you\u2019re satisfied with, and serve the company\u2019s interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">In other words, delegates need sufficient authority to make decisions they consider appropriate based on real events and circumstances. They are the ones who interact and work with people<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> and are therefore better positioned to know what is best for the company than those who think and theorize from ivory towers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">What exactly do you expect?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">When you give an employee or subordinate the authority to make a decision, clarify what you expect from the delegation and tell them what results you want to achieve; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">this approach and that clarity will make it easier for them to carry out their assigned tasks within the authority granted and delegated to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">On the other hand, this will enable you to hold those who fall short in their duties accountable, and reward those who deliver on their promises and prove <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">worthy of your confidence as a manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\">Always be available:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Management by delegation does not mean that a manager hands their authority to someone and then disappears, only to reappear when it is time <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">for the assignment to end and start asking about the results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Rather, this management approach means that a manager who has delegated some of their authority supports and assists those entrusted with it, providing them with the help and guidance <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">they need to achieve the best results.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0645\u0643\u0646 \u0644\u0634\u062e\u0635 \u0648\u0627\u062d\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u064a\u0627\u0645 \u0628\u0643\u0644 \u0643\u0644 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u060c \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u0648\u0625\u0646 \u0638\u0646 \u0623\u0646\u0647 \u0642\u0627\u062f\u0631 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0630\u0644\u0643\u060c \u0641\u0644\u0646 \u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0633\u0648\u0649 \u062f\u0644\u064a\u0644 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0641\u0634\u0644\u0647 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0639\u0631\u0641\u0629 \u0630\u0627\u062a\u0647<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[20131,12848,785,20132],"class_list":["post-20138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-20131","tag-12848","tag-785","tag-20132"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}