Delegating or Dumping

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Discussion:

Susana,
You did a fine job of differentiating between dumping and delegating. Delegating takes some thought where dumping does not. When you delegate, you need to put some thought into the professional development needs of your employees and who might gain professionally from doing the task you are looking to delegate. To delegate does not mean that you hand over a task and think no more about it as you might when you dump. You maintain ultimate responsibility for the successful completion of the task or project and should be available to guide and direct as needed.
Pat

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