Modern Management: concepts and skills, 14/e

9 Responsibility, Authority, and Delegation

Target Skill

Responsibility and Delegation Skill:the ability to understand one’s obligation to perform assigned activities and to enlist the help of others to complete those activities

Objectives

To help build my responsibility and delegation skill, when studying this chapter, I will attempt to acquire:

1. An understanding of responsibility and its relationship with job description

2. Information on how to divide job activities of individuals working within an organization

3. An understanding of the benefits of clarifying the job activities of managers

4. Insights regarding the importance of authority within an organization

5. An understanding of how to delegate

6. A recognition of the advantages and ...