Aman Chadha started 'Bulls Eye' a company for providing cyber security solutions to businesses. Its objective is to prevent, detect and respond to cyber attacks and protect critical data. He was a hardworking software engineer and an expert in cyber security. His reputation grew by leaps and bounds as he was not only a person of integrity but also did his work with utmost honesty and sincerity. The business started growing day by day. He was delighted when he was offered a big project by the Ministry of Defence. While working on the project, he found that the volume of work made it impractical for him to handle all the work by himself. He decided to expand the team. The company maintained a close liaison with a local engineering college. During a campus placement, Ishan and Vrinda were appointed to work for the new project. He found the new employees capable, enthusiastic and trustworthy. Aman Chadha was thus, able to focus on objectives and with the help of Ishan and Vrinda, the project was completed on time. Not only this Aman Chadha was also able to extend his area of operations. On the other hand Ishan and Vrinda also got opportunities to develop and exercise initiative.
(i) Identify and briefly explain the concept used by Aman Chadha in the above case which helped him in focusing on objectives.
(ii) Also, state any four points of importance of the concept identified in (i) above.

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Delegation is the assignment of any responsibility or authority to another person (normally from a manager to a subordinate) to carry out specific activities. It is one of the core concepts of management leadership. However, the person who delegated the work remains accountable for the outcome of the delegated work. Delegation empowers a subordinate to make decisions
(ii) Importance of delegation of authority:
(a) Effective management: It helps in effective management as the managers get more time to concentrate on important matters.
(b) Employee development: It helps in the development of employees as the employees get more opportunities to utilize their talent.
(c) The motivation of employees: It helps to motivate employees as the employees feel encouraged arid try to improve their performance further.
(d) Better coordination: It helps in better co-ordination by avoiding overlapping of duties.

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