1. Answer the following questions. Give extensive answers.

1. How do effective managers empower subordinates to accomplish assigned goals?

2. What does empowerment mean?

3. How may delegation be confused with participation?

4. How is delegation depicted frequently?

5. What must you do before you can delegate authority?

6. What must you do when authority is delegated?

7. What must you do to complete the delegation process?

8. What do you need to learn to delegate for?

9. What other benefits can also accrue from delegating?

10. What are three factors that influence managers in this decision to delegate?

2. Determine which of the following statements are true and which are false. Then put t or f in the blanks. Rewrite false statements to make them true.

1. __ Managers typically are described as individuals who get things done through other people.

2. __ With delegation, subordinates seldom make decisions on their own.

3. __ You should expect and accept some mistakes by your subordinates.

4. __ Delegation without feedback controls that let you know when serious problems arise is abdication.

5. __ Delegation helps develop subordinates.

6. __ The organizational culture lends to be a powerful influence on managers in their decision to delegate.

Assignments______________________________________________________

1. Say what you have learned about:

1. empowerment; 2. delegation; 3. participation; 4. allocation of duties; 5. delegation of authority; 6. creation of accountability; 7. mistakes; 8. determinants of delegation.

2. Put questions to the part “Determinants of Delegation”.

3. Write a summary of the text.

4. Retell the text.

Vocabulary_______________________________________________________

Below is a list of terms that you could find in the text. Use this as a working list and add other terms that you figured out in the unit.

1. empowerment - доверенность; полномочие

2. to confuse - запутывать, сбивать с толку ( with )

3. allocation - размещение, распределение ( for, to )

4. to extend - расширять

5. on behalf - от лица, от имени ( кого-л.)

6. obligation - обязанность; долг

7. trap - капкан

8. to assume - принимать, брать на себя ( ответственность, управление и т. п. )

9. to abdicate - отрекаться ( от царствования, власти, престола ); отказываться ( от права, должности - from )

10. confidence - вера, доверие

11. fearful - вселяющий страх

12. catch - препятствие загвоздка,

13. scarce - недостаточный, скудный

14. to exceed - превышать; переступать пределы, границы; выходить за пределы

15. benefit - выгода; польза; прибыль; преимущество

16. to enhance - увеличивать, усиливать, улучшать ( особ. качество, значимость, ценность, важность, привлекательность чего-л. )

17. commitment - обязательство

18. propensity - склонность, расположение; пристрастие

19. perception - восприятие, ощущение

20. reluctant - делающий что-л. с большой неохотой, по принуждению; сопротивляющийся

21. trustworthiness - кредитоспособность:

22. predisposition - предрасположение, предрасположенность, склонность

23. implication - вовлечение, привлечение; включение

1 References:(3), (4).

2 References: (1), (5).

3 References: (4), (1), (3).

4 References: (6)

5 References: (6)

6 References (1)

7 References: (4), (3).

8References (6)

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