4 TYPES OF DELEGATION
Delegation’, as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, is presented as a verb: ‘to delegate’, which is the act of entrusting a task or responsibility to another person, usually one more junior.
While this is of course correct, it doesn't really cover all that delegation is about. After all, one can delegate not just to a person but also to a process, system or, more spiritually, to a future point in time (let the universe decide!).
However, for our purposes, I identify and define four types of delegation: downward, with which we are most familiar and which is most closely aligned with the strict definition of the verb; upward, it happens in numerous ways and for numerous reasons but is the handing over of work from ...
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