Hours in a Day
Sometimes I think my boss wished there were 48hrs in a day, hed be able to get a lot more
work done. He may not get those extra hours in a day but he can get the equivalent through
delegation. He effectively plugs into expertise of his people to assist him in completing the
task on hand, thus multiplying his efforts. There is more to delegation than just giving
members of a staff tasking, delegation is a subpart of the four functions of management.
Delegation through
Planning
Begin in the military I know a quite a bit about delegation. It starts from the first day you
begin basic training. Most of the times, delegation is done in a professional way. Because
of shortages in the Coast Guard sometimes managers are forced to do the jobs of junior
people, until they get a junior person. Although it a relief to receive the assistance lots of
managers find them selves holding on to work that should be passed to a subordinate. For
many managers, the path to more effective delegation begins with reexamining two basic
assumptions about their roles. First, many managers continue to assume that its faster and
more efficient to take on employees work vs. teaching them how to handle it on their own.
This can become frustrating for both manager, and employee. In a case like this an
effective manger will plan specific times in orderto incorporate needed skills with present
skills, so that employee will become an asset to the unit.
