alleryStart learning →In organizing a firm, delegation consists of which activity?
AGrouping jobs and employees together
BDividing up the tasks to be performed
CAssigning authority and responsibilities
DSetting the policies and the procedures
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Assigning authority and responsibilities
1. Delegation is one of the three activities through which organizing is accomplished.
2. It is the assigning of authority and responsibilities.
3. Grouping jobs and employees is departmentalization, and dividing up tasks is division of labor.
4. Setting policies and procedures belongs to operational planning, so it is not part of the three organizing activities.
5. Only the option about authority and responsibilities matches delegation.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Management and Leadership in Today's Organizations", section 6.3 Organizing_
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