Delegation
Delegation is where you assign work to another person or persons. If you need something done but can’t do everything yourself, then you need to assign that work or pass it off to another person. Organizations have to delegate tasks to departments or sections so that the work can be further delegated down until everyone has their assignments. Delegating tasks is not always easy because there will be people that will just tell you no. In that case, you will need to find another way to get them to accept the task.
Delegation Leadership
Leadership requires that you delegate tasks. There is almost no time when you, as a leader, will be doing all of the work, and sometimes you won’t be doing any of it, with the exception of the planning. Knowing how to delegate tasks and assignments properly is important for leaders. When in an organization, you might pass along a large project, and it will be up to the project manager to split that project up into tasks that he can then pass onto his subordinates.
Delegation Artifact
The below artifact is another group assignment where we had a team lead that would delegate responsibility to the other team members. When delegating on this specific assignment, I remember that one of the participants didn’t want to do what was assigned to them. We then had to run it through the leader, and they asked for a volunteer to do switch portions. I like this type of democratic leadership because you can almost always get things taken care of with everyone being happy. And if, for some reason, you still need to make a decision where people won’t be happy, you can do that too.
Delegation is where you assign work to another person or persons. If you need something done but can’t do everything yourself, then you need to assign that work or pass it off to another person. Organizations have to delegate tasks to departments or sections so that the work can be further delegated down until everyone has their assignments. Delegating tasks is not always easy because there will be people that will just tell you no. In that case, you will need to find another way to get them to accept the task.
Delegation Leadership
Leadership requires that you delegate tasks. There is almost no time when you, as a leader, will be doing all of the work, and sometimes you won’t be doing any of it, with the exception of the planning. Knowing how to delegate tasks and assignments properly is important for leaders. When in an organization, you might pass along a large project, and it will be up to the project manager to split that project up into tasks that he can then pass onto his subordinates.
Delegation Artifact
The below artifact is another group assignment where we had a team lead that would delegate responsibility to the other team members. When delegating on this specific assignment, I remember that one of the participants didn’t want to do what was assigned to them. We then had to run it through the leader, and they asked for a volunteer to do switch portions. I like this type of democratic leadership because you can almost always get things taken care of with everyone being happy. And if, for some reason, you still need to make a decision where people won’t be happy, you can do that too.
Reflection
I think learning how to delegate tasks is important for any leader so having it as part of the curriculum is necessary. However, I feel that delegating things to other people is fairly straightforward and not something I had much of in any of my courses at ASU. Understanding that when you become a leader, you will have to pass assignments and tasks on to other people is a must. But I feel like that is more common sense than anything else.
When it comes to delegating tasks, I feel that I haven’t had a lot of opportunities to practice, with the exception of group assignments. In my job, I don’t manage anyone so I’m not delegating tasks to anyone. But understanding how and when to delegate tasks has helped me. I look forward to being a project manager when I will be able to practice these skills.