Business A-Level
delegation
What delegation means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of delegation
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Reference: AQA
Passing the task and the authority down, while accountability stays with the manager who gave it away.
Topics that use delegation
- Making human resource decisions: improving organisational design and managing the human resource flow (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- delayering
- functional grouping
- human resource plan
- internal and external recruitment
- Kotter and Schlesinger
- Lewin
- matrix working
- product divisions
Using delegation in the exam
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