Question

Very Short Answer Question:
'Authority can be delegated but not the accountability'. Explain.

Answer 1

According to the principle of absolute responsibility, authority can be delegated but responsibility and accountability cannot be delegated by a manager. The manager is responsible or accountable to his own superior for both, the tasks that he has assigned his subordinates and the acts of his subordinates. In other words only authority can be delegated but responsibility and accountability is absolute.