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Defining Delegation
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If management can be defined as a set of skills for achieving results through people, then all levels of managers should delegate.
Delegate means trusting another person with the proper responsibility and authority to carry out a specific task. It involves briefing another person to carry out a task for which the delegator holds individual responsibility, but which need to be carried out by him or her directly.
The delegated task would be one that the delegate is not already paid to do, as part of his or her job.
Delegates should have positive aims such as, for example, supporting employee development and should not simply look to pass on unpopular tasks to others. It is important that the delegator has a clear understanding of both the purpose and process of the task that is delegated.