Delegation is the process of distributing and entrusting work to another person. Within management or leadership in an organization it involves a manager efficiently distributing work, decision making and responsibility to subordinate workers, which can create an accountable chain of authority as both authority and responsibility move down the organizational structure. Delegation that is carried out poorly can lead to micromanagement. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimThe process of distributing and entrusting work to another person, so that responsibility and authority for a task pass to a subordinate. 1 Connections
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the process of distributing and entrusting work to another person
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Associated With: Management, Classified by subject-matter domain within management theory (w-bbfill-business-other-0926); cites the discipline definition.View the Source Open Questions (1 open question)
When did delegation become established as a formal management principle, apart from the 1956 Harzburg Model?
The atlas's own cited source gives no single origin year for delegation as a management principle. The only dated instance is the Harzburg Model taught in Germany from 1956 onward, which is one documented application, not evidence of the principle's own origin.
What would resolve this A management-history source tracing delegation's own emergence as a formalized principle of organizational theory, distinct from any one later training program that adopted it.
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