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Delegation as a tool for employee development
 
Delegation means conferring, entrusting or allocating a particular 
assignment to a person based on realistic assessment of the latter’s abilities 
and motivation. It is not merely passing off any job, but to let some one 
take over the control of what a manager continues to be responsible for.  
Delegation is said to have taken place when a superior gives a subordinate 
the discretion to make decisions and the responsibility for completion 
of specific activities. Authority, responsibility and accountability are 
considered as the three limbs of effective delegation that should be 
matching and on par in magnitude with each other.  Delegation could 
simultaneously be enabling, energizing as well as empowering to people.