Delegation and Team Management

What does delegation mean?

• Giving authority to junior managers to do a particular task

• Passing down full responsibility to subordinates

• Keeping full control with senior managers

• Ordering workers to do certain jobs

Employees feel ____ when delegated the right task and the right time?

• Discriminated against

• Valued

• Jealous

• Angry

Delegation occurs when managers give ____ to subordinates (select all correct answers)

• Money

• Rewards

• Certain tasks

• More responsibility

________is needed for delegation to happen (select all correct answers)

answer choices

• Responsibility

• Friendships

• Money

• Trust

You are driving and you are hungry and thirsty.On the road you find 2 doors. 1 has food and 1 has water(drinkable). Question:What door do you open first?

• Your car door

• The food places door

• The water places door

• No door

What is an advantage of delegation?

answer choices

• More money

• Decreased motivation

• Greater efficiency

• Less career opportunities

What goes in the water black and comes back out red?

• Shrimp

• Crawfish

• A crab

• A lobster

What is an advantage of delegation for managers?

• Workers have less work to do

• Managers can concentrate on more important tasks

• Manager loss some of their responsibilities

• Managers cannot control subordinates closely

What is white when dirty and black when clean

• Cardboard

• Cardboard

• Chalkbord

• Chalkboard

One of the disadvantages of delegation is that

• There is less control over the work done by staff

• Managers have more work to do

• Workers are given more authority

• Workers may gain job enrichment