Scribe Post 10/6

In class we discussed Chapter 5, Delegation and Empowerment. Delegation is something that is outside your general job description that you might not do but will help your manager or company get ahead. The three aspects of delegation are responsibility, authority, and accountability. We also discussed the two views of authority. First was the formal view that states when someone gives you a task then the authority automatically becomes yours. Second was the acceptance view that states that you do not have authority over anyone until they accept that you do and actually start listening to you. After that we talked about the difference between power and leadership. The main goal of power is to get you to do what I want, and the leadership goal is to get you to want to do what I want. Next thing we talked about was the empowerment part of the chapter. Empowerment is the idea that you can get your employees and grant the authority to do more than just their assigned task which in return gets more done for the company. The last thing we talked about was how delegation affects the work place. Managers fail to delegate to their employees because of the fear of not having complete power, a lack of trust in their employees, a fear that employees will be better at their job, and the employees just do not have the right training. The employees want delegation because they will learn new skills, increase their power, and gives them a chance for a possible promotion in the future. The only down side to that is a fear of failure and the increased stress which might make them not want to be delegated to. The benefits to a company using delegation with their employees is employee development, improved control, improved time management, and enhanced power.

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