Explain principles of delegation

The Principles of Delegation are as follows:-

(i) Parity in between responsibility and authority - There must be complete parity between responsibility and authority. When authority is more than responsibility, people will make misuse of their authority and when responsibility is more than authority, the results can never be acquire.

(ii) Responsibility in terms of results - To be effectual, delegation of authority must always be in terms of specific results of responsibility. Conversely, responsibility should be exact on a specific person, since everybody's responsibility is nobody's responsibility.

 (iii) Principle of Unity of Command - Guidelines, orders and instructions should flow to a subordinate from a single particular executive only in order to ignore conflicts, confusion and duplication of work.

(iv) Delegation of responsibility - its responsibilities that authority can be delegated. But, responsibility and accountability can't be delegated. Through delegating authority, an executive does not escape from responsibility; in addition, He is responsible for the act of his subordinates also.

(v) Overlapping of responsibilities - If delegating authority, this must be ensured that duties and responsibilities of subordinates do not overlie.

(vi) Free flow of information - during delegation of authority, there must be free two way communication (as regards exchange of concepts, instructions, clarifications, suggestions and guidelines etc.) among an executive and a sub-ordinate.

(vii) Delegated authority - Authority delegated to the subordinate must be adequate, sufficient and as per the status and position of the subordinate, so as to achieve optimum results.