The more delegation you do the better, is it true?

Samer Alhmdan Senior Project Manager, PMP, PMI-RMP, LEED AP, EDGE Expert| dar Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The more delegation you do the better, is it true?

Posted: Jan 19, 2018 11:20 PM

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Rami Kaibni

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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Not necessary ... The more efficient delegation you do, the better. More doesnt mean better as think can go out of hand.

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 2:15 AM

Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

That would mean the military is the "best" industry/domain using that analogy.

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 2:20 AM

Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina

The key is what to delegate. Accountability is not delegated.

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 7:42 AM

Moudar Ali Solutions & Services - Service Delivery Manager| Gemalto Studio City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Delegate what? And to whom? one needs to be aware of the delegatee development level to make sure what is being delegated can be handled and acted upon! otherwise, delegation may not be efficient.

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 8:49 AM

Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

Samer -

As with nutrition, anything taken to excess is bad. Excessive delegation could be perceived as purely "passing the buck" and might indicate the PM is not actually "doing" anything.

Kiron

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 9:05 AM

Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany

All comments OK: what means better / what means more drive the reply of 'it depends'.

Given my experience that most can not delegate well, I tend to agree to the statement though. You have to experiment and know best practices, then you will get better in anything, including delegation.

Delegation is a means to influence others, which is the core of leadership.

An apprentice normally is not able to delegate anything, a CEO cannot survive without. Management in between is struggling.

BTW - volunteer leadership is a good sandbox to experiment with delegation.

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 10:13 AM

Najam Mumtaz Retired Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

There has to be balance between delegation of responsibility and management.

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 11:47 AM

Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States

You delegate what makes sense to delegate. There are many factors in play when deciding.

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 12:55 PM

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