Running head: Delegation
Delegation
University of Phoenix
Delegation
In this paper I will discuss how managers in my organization at Headquarters, Army Airfields, Airspace, and Aviation Division (USAASA) delegate as part of their management responsibilities. I will also explain how delegation could be used more effectively in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling within USAASA. Also, I will describe what skills are necessary for effective delegation.
Delegation is one of the most critical elements in the management of USAASA. Staff members are motivated when given encouragement from management and delegated responsibility with authority. Delegation is defined as empowering one person to act for another, which is how we enable the staff at USAASA to do their work. At USAASA each manager must evaluate his/her own ability to delegate, and the ability of the other members to willingly and effectively delegate to others. Marlene Wilson (1979) wrote: "The single most helpful thing to me . . . was, and still is, being very honest and realistic about my own limitations, both in time and knowledge." In her book she poses four questions crucial to successful delegation"
? Do I have enough confidence in myself that I will not only accept, but actively seek out people who know more than I do about a program area where I need help?
? Am I willing to delegate significant parts of my program to qualified people (and be glad, not threatened, if they succeed)?
? Do the jobs I offer staff members make a sensible, logical whole, or are they bits an ...