15.4 DELEGATION WITHOUT ABDICATION (fail to fulfil) The grantor can always recover the authority which he had delegated. In short, the original possessor
does not permanently relieve himself of the power of recovery of authority be merely delegating it.
Therefore a manager may recover all the formerly delegated authority and redelegate it partly or
completely to another person as the situation in the organisation may require.
15.5 BENEFITS OF DELEGATION 1. Relieving top Executives: Top executives cannot perform and supervise each and every work.
Moreover, they are required to undertake important tasks of planning and controlling. Delegation
helps executives in delegating their work to subordinate officers.
2. Improved functioning: In the absence of delegation some persons may be burdened with more
tasks while others may not have sufficient work to do. Delegation helps in rationalising the functioning
of an organisation. Work is divided among various persons in such a way that it is done in an efficient
way. Nobody is unduly burdened and no work is left unattended.
3. Use of specialists: Delegation enables the use of specialists for taking up different functions.A
production manager will be assigned the task of production, a sales manager will look after sales
department, a lawer will look after legal matters and so on. The use of specialists for different functions
will improve the quality of work.
4. Helps in Employee Development: Delegation of authority is a very important step in the
development of subordinates. The benefits of participation in various executive training programmes,
seminars and workshops may not be substantial of delegation of authority is neglected.
5. Provides Motivation: Adequate delegation, resulting in development of subordinates, encourages
the subordinates to look forward to promotions in the future. This motivates them to better and more
effective efforts on their respective jobs.
