I. The and 2. The accountability to: the person from whom the authority- is received. For example, when a superior assigns some task to a subordinate and grants hint the required authority the subordirl,.te is: (a) urider obligation to do the assigned taste, and (b) be responsible for results.
Ordinarily. in the normal hmctioning of an organization responsibility is continuing one, every employee is responsilvie for sontetliir.g of itrrnisc tnere n iii be no need for employing him Tlus rneaus that c err subordinate s under: obligation to discharge his fimctiotis, as requited be' his superior .ontfiwously
Accnuntahilih. Ac oulltabiilts tile obligation to carry and ex rci.se auth Rio in Ernie ec ichea s-tabvi,trri. .
-A i Gabon to account for, and report npon. the discharge of responstbd tty :r use of atrdlorNty Accountability applies both to the obligation to perfomi Auk :Yi to exercise authority t or exaill,tile,tii a person has been .. ip fi:tevi t ashier he is accountable for cash received by hiin. similarly a person :. s gaffed authority and responsibility bias .itl obligation to nlfil his i; =; ma m terms of established standards.
An import Znt tl ing to note is that accountability carrot be delegated . .E delegator remains accountable for the acts of the person lo Nhotn au!'- = has been delegated. Rosy Accountahility is unitary. A subordinate Cdtl be accountable oniN
_ superior for the delegatedresponsibility and aulhontv if a person rep r -to two bosses on the same responsibility confusion and friction inevitabiresult. ,
For detertnining accoontabilitv the delegator has to set standards --pefionnance. Accountability is meaningful oulvifthe measure of perform n E can be spelled out in specific tenns . :
DELEGATfON OF AUTHORiTY
: Allen states Delegation 15 the process the manager fallows in his dividing up work entrusting part of it to his subordinates and estiblishirY conditions that able for perfonnances.
BN this prances I he IU. n I gel can get help from otlters. Deleg 1tion is the lbi h 41 QSUI!S throoglt othe for e.sa:mple if the Adonis strip.
of a conlpatly delegates work relating to granting of leave to clerks etc. to superintendent of adiniristMtion it Wil I be delegation Similarly if the general manager alloNys departmental heads Lo it cur an expenditure up to Rs 1 QOO Nithoot his prior sanction it will be known as delegation.
Without delegation the chief executive v ill car out Doctors point cut that ulcers (stomach boils). heart attacks and many other psychosom--ti (resulting froth interaction of mind and body) ailments are caused by stTair tension and Worries and persist because the afflicted manager is not able tc distinguish behveerZ vhat is important on his job and what is not.
It is nONN NvidelN acknoN lodged that delegation of. nlhori tN is one of t ' surest and best methods oL getting better results Dr;legation can bc on
mauagc me ill s best tech niq us for sat isle i rig subordili ites and mohN-atir g the.Z to better perfonnarce. Delen_es Ihe ulZllagers to diNide meivorklo..jd Lo others thus leaving-l Icm tree to concentrate on more irnFor :muuiJIen
Physic PRINCIPLES OF DELEGATION
Relegation can be successful only when certain basic p in.oN-s are followed: These principles are:
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