Lesson25: DelegationofWork

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Fillintheblankswiththecorrectanswers.Youcanchoosetheanswersfromtheboxprovided
below.
1.Delegationistheabilityto__________tootherswiththeauthority,responsibilityand
accountabilitytofinishthetasks.
2.__________canbeachievedbydividingthemintosmallertasks.
3.Delegatetasktothose_________todothejob.
4.Whendelegatingtasks,besuretosetcleartask_________.
5.Taskdelegationpromotes_________becauseothersmayhaveabetterwayofdoingthings.
6._________teammemberstoperformtasksifneeded.
7.Taskdelegationnormallyoccursduringthe_____stageofaproject.
8.Teammembersshouldexplainthe__________oftheirabilitiesorresourcesiftheycannot
deliveraspecifictask.
9.Discussingtheinformationcollectedandcombiningthemtoformtheanswerisdoneduringthe

__________stageoftheresearchcycle.
10.Puttingsimilarinformationtogetheranddecidingwhatinformationisvaluableisaprocessinthe

__________stage.
11.Theteamleadershould__________taskprogressconstantly.

12.Theteamleadershouldalwaysgive__________instructionstoteammembersonwhatto
do.

assigntaskplanning
limitationsynthesisingspecific
qualified
deadlinescreativityAssistsorting
monitor
Largegoals

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ACTIVITY2
Thereare5scenesthatshowanexampleoftaskdelegationsituations.Matchthephrasethat
bestexplainsthesituation.

If youre not interested

to do the job I can do
it myself!!

1.______________________________

We can finish this report on time if

we split the work. Youre the graphic
expert. You do the graphics and Ill
type out the report.

2._____________________________

I wonder how the rest of the team is

doing with their study. Maybe I
should call for a progress meeting.

3._____________________________

Its not that I dont want to do this by

Tuesday. But my workload is a lot. If
you give me till Thursday, I think I can
manage.

4.___________________________

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I dont care if people say that

it is impossible. Im the boss
you should finish this task by
tomorrow or else!

5.____________________________

OPTIONS:

Badcommunication.Trytobemorepersuasivewhendelegatingtask.

Gettingqualifiedpeopletoperformatask.

Taskmonitoring.

Sharingyourlimitationssothattheprojectisnotputatrisk.

Badattitude.Trytobemorehelpfulandlistentootherpeoples
comments.

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