MKT 2210 Lecture Notes - Henry Mintzberg, Henri Fayol, Peter Drucker

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Marketing
• Course: MKT 2210
• Professor: Subbu Sivaramakrishnan

Document Summary

Authority is the right to get things done:to ask someone else to do something and expect it to be done. authority is thus another word for position or legitimate power. Delegation of authority is the process whereby a superior gives to a subordinate part of his or her own authority to make decisions. successful delegation requires the resolution of the trust-control dilemma. If there is any increase in c,the subordinate will immediate recognise that (s)he is being trust less. Managers and supervisors might need to delegate authority for a number of reasons, including the following. There are physical and mental limitations to the workload of any one individual in authority and it may be necessary to delegate to ensure that the workload can be effectively managed. Managers also need to consider that delegation provide subordinates with development opportunities. Many managers and supervisors are reluctant to delegate and attempt to do many routine tasks themselves as well as more important ones.