Business GCSE
Delegation
What Delegation means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Delegation
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Passing authority and responsibility for a task down to a subordinate, while retaining overall accountability.
Passing authority and responsibility to someone lower in the organisational hierarchy.
Passing authority down the hierarchy to a subordinate.
Topics that use Delegation
- Organisational structures (AQA GCSE)
- Organisational structures and different ways of working (OCR GCSE)
- The role of human resources (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Chain of Command
- Span of Control
- Delayering
- Hierarchy
- Job Description
- Person Specification
- Organisational Structure
- Staff retention
Using Delegation in the exam
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