Delegation as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary is the act of delegating or officially elected or appointed a person to represent another or others. Delegation is mostly used by managers no matter the size of the organization all management use delegating as a way of assigning task to there employees on a day- to- day basis. Many of us may see delegation as the free will of handing out work for others to complete. This is not necessarily true management may delegate some of their task to other employees so that they have the opportunity to focus on other projects that may be more important. Many people may think that delegating tasks and assignments to others is an easy job to do, but requires skill, patience, confidence and courage. Successful delegation occurs when management chooses an employee to do a specific task. The employee has been specifically chosen because management believes that this person has the ability to complete the task in question. For......
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