your name march 10, 2010 effective delegation. what is delegation? why do it? the act of assigning...
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Your Name
March 10, 2010
Effective Delegation
What is Delegation? Why Do it?
The act of assigning work to other employees
Only so many hours in the dayCan accomplish bigger projects faster
and better by delegatingReduces amount of stress on yourselfAble to make better use of your time
Importance of Effective Delegation for Managers
Increases efficiency by assigning tasks that match employees’ skillsets
Makes employees feel like their skills are being properly used
Keeps projects on budget and on schedule
Why Effective Delegation is Effective for the Company
Minimizes wasteful spending and allocation of resources
Improves retaining rate of good employeesIncreases profit margins
What to Delegate?
Work that you can easily train an employee to do
Administrative duties (ie organizing business receipts, catering for meetings)
Tasks that will be repeated again in the future
Work that will improve an employee’s skills
What not to Delegate
Delegation processHiring new staffMission critical tasks for the success of the
company and can be handled by you
Delegation Process: Planning
Determine skillsets of employeesDefine what tasks are to be delegatedAssign tasks according to employees’
skillsetsDetermine what resources and funding will
be needed
Delegation Process: Organizing
Personally tell employees what tasks they will be delegated
Ensure that delegated employees desire the same outcome as you do
Provide upfront deadline information so employee schedules can be reviewed as necessary
Delegation Process: Leading
Have employees regularly check in with project status reports
Remind them of deadlines as they get closer
Encourage employees by reminding them how much you appreciate their contributions
Delegation Process: Controlling
Reprimand employees not making project deadlines
Adapt project plans and deadlines as necessary
If project deadlines aren’t being made in time, do it yourself or delegate someone else to
Works CitedMind Tools Ltd. (2010). Successful
Delegation. Retrieved March 6, 2010 from http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_98.htm
Poskey, M. (2010) Seven Steps to Increase Employee Retention. Retrieved March 6, 2010, fromhttp://www.zeroriskhr.com/articles/sevensteps.aspx