227Governance andCompliance
• The authority to assign resources from those assigned to him or her
for the purpose of achieving and maintaining that accountability for
results
• The resources that are considered necessary for there to be a reasonable
expectation that the work needed to maintain the accountability can be
carried out successfully
• Any restraints or constraints (limitations from inside or outside the organi-
zation) that management imposes upon the individual
• A limitation in terms of conditions to be met in order to maintain the
delegation as well as the potential consequences for failing to maintain them
As you can well imagine, there is a signicant difference between the description of
a functional authority and a li