Assigning Work and Delegating Authority
After identifying the activities necessary to achieve objectives and classifying and grouping them departmentally, managers must assign these activities to individuals and give these employees the appropriate authority to accomplish the task.
This step, critical to the success of organizing, is based on the principle of functional definition – in establishing a department, its nature, purpose, tasks, and performance must first be determined as a basis of authority.
This principle means that the activities to be performed determine the type and quantity of authority necessary. How much is needed to perform the tasks?
The step of assigning work and delegating authority is as necessary in reorganization as it is in the structuring of a new company.
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