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2.6 DELEGATION
Assigning
It
Managerial Obstacles
i.
ii.
iii.
Managers may have false beliefs that they can do a better job than
their subordinates. Therefore they may feel that this is their duty to
perform such task themselves.
iv.
v.
Subordinates Obstacles
i.
ii.
Lack of self-confidence
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Influences from external forces such as income tax policies, unions and
governmental controls
Benefits of Centralization
Helps to reduce the cost of staffing because fewer competent managers can
handle the jobs and the requirement of staff.
Helps to bring important decision makers close to each other, which in turn
simplifies the coordination of their efforts.
Helps to make centralized staff expertise more efficient and simpler to use.
Benefits of Decentralization
Helps ensure that the decisions are made by those managers who have the
best experience of local conditions which are important for such decisions