In what situations, would delegation of authority be essential?

 The basic reason for delegating the authority is to enable the manager to get more works done through others. It helps reduce the work overload of manager as subordinates effectively make decision under the scope of positional responsibility. It also minimizes duplication of work, delay in completion of assigned task and problem of over staffing so that total cost can be reduced. It plays vital role in increasing employee job satisfaction as subordinates develop capacity of making decision to handle higher and complex responsibility.

For our purpose, delegation of authority is the philosophy of granting work responsibility along with decision making rights by a manager to the subordinate at chain of command. Managers delegate a part of their respective authority to the trusted employee. Delegated authority can be restored at any time after completion of task or manager thinks the employee cannot accomplish the task as expected. Delegation of authority helps conduct activities more effectively and efficiently in the increasing business complexities. It also increases accountability of employees at job.