Delegation Levels

Delegation Levels

Seven steps to delegate responsibility to other teams and people.

Purpose

Organizations are complex systems and research says that such systems often work best when control is distributed. This means authority is pushed into all corners of the organizational network. However, many people prefer not to “lose control”. Therefore, in order to make them feel safe, we must give people the feeling that they have some control over their situation. That’s why a person wanting to delegate work to someone else can benefit from the use of the seven levels of delegation.

Notes

Delegation Levels help you to clarify who decides on the topic you delegate. Additionally, they define how much information you want to share before or after making decisions.

The “seven levels of delegation” are borrowed from Management 3.0.

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