The act of assigning activities to employees is called delegation. Managers delegate work to free their own time for other activities and decision making. Employees to whom managers assign tasks in return receive responsibility or the power to make decisions and act on them so the can carry out their responsibility. Delegation skill is the ability to effectively assign task responsibility and authority to others. Or, in other words, delegation skill is your ability to …showed first 75 words of 1034 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1034 total…skills go hand in hand. Effective delegation is a critical survival skill for managers and supervisors, and this is what many delegation training resources are about. Yet, what is less often emphasized is that understanding delegation skill and knowing how to use it right is an important personal time management skill. No matter if you have subordinates or bosses, if it is at work or at home. Reference www.gettysburg.edu/administration/ hr/Effective_Delegation