‘Delegation of Authority is necessary in all types of organisations’. Explain any four reasons in support of your answer.


The importance of delegation of authority is clarified through the following facts:

(i) Effective Management: Effectiveness means successful accomplishment of an objective. Delegation of authority reduces the workload of a manager. Managers who practice delegation of authority are definitely better decision makers than those managers who do not delegate authority. The former ones get the benefit of the skills of their subordinates.

(ii) Employee Development: The mental growth of a person takes place only when he has authority to take decisions. The process of delegation of authority provides authority to take decisions to subordinates. With the given authority, managers take decisions contingent to the situations. As a result, in future they become more able to take extra responsibility.

(iii) Motivation of Employees: In the process of delegation of authority, both authority and responsibility are delegated to the subordinates. This situation provides liberty to work and take decisions on part of subordinates. Gaining through this, they exhibit their talent and skill. With better performance the subordinates create a niche for themselves in the organisation. Consequently, they get job satisfaction and feel motivated to perform ever better.

(iv) Facilitation of Growth: Delegation of authority does not only develop only one person or division but facilitates the development of organisation as a whole. As adequate number of able employees are available in an organisation to take decisions Expansion, Modernisation and Diversification of a business can be done with full confidence.

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State any two steps of the process of delegation of authority.


(a) Assigning responsibility (b) Granting authority.

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Can accountability be delegated?


No, it cannot be delegated.

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What is the basis of delegation of authority?


Division of Labour.

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Which type of responsibility cannot be delegated?


‘Responsibility to’ cannot be delegated.

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