Power and Politices

If you were Samantha Parks, how would you prioritize which project to delegate! Delegation is a management skill that logical rules and techniques will help to delegate well which will help manager when employees are being delegated to a task or new responsibility. Good delegation: save time, develops employees and motivates Poor delegation: confuse the other person, frustration and fails to achieve the task or purpose itself. The manager must 1st determine which projects are the most important and assign a priority to each task of each project. Curbe : important vs urgent

Important but not urgent: Plan to do these tasks Next (Research, design, development, creativity) Important and urgent: to Do these tasks Now (emergencies, commitment, meeting) Not important not urgent: Avoid these activities (chat..)

Not important but urgent: cutting them short (interputions)
In explaining what makes her decisions hard, Parks said: ‘ I hire good people, creative people, to run these projects. And I worry that they will see my oversight and authority as interfering with their creative process’ how can she deal with these concerns without giving up too much control! Delegating power:

Involve subordinates in the delegation process.
Delegate her power to subordinates who are involved in this coming new project. Identify the level of discretion they feel prepare to handle. Discuss with the subordinates what and how she delegate it. Ask them whether they understand and can achieve the objectives. During the delegating power processes try to match responsibility and authority. *Ensure subordinates will be held accountable for the work that has been delegated to them. Delegate work to subordinates over time in order to continually develop their competence.

Should executives try to control projects!
Yes in order to show their responsibilities towards the projects. *always participate in the projects * always look after the project. *gives the instruction and direction for the team members.
Shareholders would not be paying the executives salaries if executives did not serve some actual function for the company.

What are some tasks in an organization that a top executive should never delegate for to others! Confidential matter: databases of customers.

Disciplining employees: *duty of manager *not comfortable when confronting subordinates if they have the impose discipline. Crisis situations: top executives who failing to monitor or overcome the crisis situation may cause criticism Dispensing praise and incentives: people may about the sincerity if left subordinate be the one to send message for a job well done.