學會授權而非僅僅分配任務
Delegate, Don't Just Dump
授權，而不僅僅只是分配任務
Most managers don't know how to delegate . That's not really surprising, because no one ever delegated anything to them. How else are they going to learn?
很多經理都不知道如何授權。這其實並不奇怪，因為從來沒人向他們授權過，那他們又怎麼能從別人那裏學到如何授權呢？
Many times, managers dump their work onto someone else, but there is a big difference between delegating and dumping. When you delegate something to a subordinate it should serve two purposes.
很多時候，經理只是將自己的工作交給別人去做，但是授權和將工作分配給下屬去做是有很大區別的。如果你授權給某個下屬的話應該達到兩個目的：
t, it must lighten your load so you can concentrate on more important issues.
首先，授權要減輕你的負擔，這樣你才有時間來處理更多的'重要事情。
nd, it must help the receiver learn and grow.
其次，授權能讓接受者學習和成長。
When you delegate, as opposed to dumping, you give the other person the same authority to complete the task as if you had done it yourself. If the task means signing a requisition, the person to whom you delegated the task must have the same authority to sign that requisition as you have. That doesn't mean you delegate all your authority to that individual, only that you have to give them the authority to do what you would have been able to do. For instance, if you can sign requisitions up to $10,000 and the delegated task means signing a requisition for $2,000, the person to whom you delegated must be able to sign that $2,000 requisition, but not necessarily one for $3,000.
授權，與簡單的分配工作相反的是，授權意味着你賦予了別人在完成這項工作時，享有了和你自己完成時同樣的權利。如果是一項需要簽署申請令的任務，那麼你授權的下屬就應該和你一樣有簽字的權利。這並不是説你將所有的權利都移交給那位下屬，而是説你要授予他本來應該由你完成的工作中要使用到的權利。比如，如果你有權利批覆10，000美元的款項申請，而你要授權的任務中要批覆2，000美元的貸款申請，那你授權的下屬就要有批覆2，000美元的特權，而沒必要給他批覆3，000美元貸款申請的權利。
Remember, though, that you can delegate the authority, but you cannot delegate the responsibility. It is up to you to see that the person is adequately trained before you delegate to them and is adequately supervised after you delegate. They won't necessarily do it the same way you would have, and they probably won't do it as well to begin with. That doesn't matter. Keep them from making any major blunders as they get the feel of the task and you will have successfully delegated. You will have lightened your load and you will have helped one of your people develop further.
記住，雖然你可以授權，但是你不可以推卸責任。在你授權之前，你要充分地瞭解該下屬是否已經經過了足夠的培訓可以擔當這份任務，在授權之後，你要做好完整的監督。在授權過程中，他們不一定會完全按照你的方法來完成任務，也許在開始的時候還做得不夠好，這些都沒關係的。在他們適應工作任務之前幫助他們不犯重大的錯誤，慢慢地，你就將學會如何成功授權。授權之後你可以減輕自己的負擔，並且還可以幫助你的下屬在將來發展得更好。