Delegation quiz

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Delegation helps a manager to extend his area of operations

Kaamna is a bright young management trainee. After six months of testing by her organisation she is given charge of her office as an assistant manager. She starts her job with a lot of enthusiasm but realises that it won’t be possible for her to continue without sharing her tasks. She keeps a secretary who takes orders from her. This has reduced her burden of work and has helped her to focus on priority assignments. Which concept of management is discussed in the above case?

Which of the following is not an importance of delegation?

Alpha Tonics is a progressive company which has achieved new records in the field of medicines. Recently the company decided to go for a major shift in policy decision by handing over the decision making authority to the lower most level of employees. For this the company went for a thorough planning. Within four months the positive results of this major policy decision was recognizable. The employees felt a lot of development in their skill of taking first step to manage things on their own. Some major newspapers also covered this development. The production of the company increased. The company’s top management could now focus on new areas of innovation as the employees turned more reliable. One day it so happened that the company’s manufacturing branch in south could not fulfill even half of its production target and the operations manager was held answerable for the assigned target. He was called in the office. When he was questioned it was found that his right to command the workers was insufficient and it should have been more to create results. The management decided to listen to him and he was given more power. When he went to the shop floor he told the workers that the standard of behavior of the workers should come from the official rules and procedures. Which two elements of delegation have been highlighted in the second paragraph of the case?