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Project Management

Notes his responsibility to pay for someone’s mistake. Project management is associated with imparting
the duties and responsibilities for a manager. The duties and responsibilities of a project manager
have been studied by many management experts and are made to suit business in the most
effective ways. Those aspiring to be project managers have to learn to be on an eternal vigil,
develop a vision, take proactive decisions and understand the diversity in training. Project
management is a discipline of planning, organising and managing a specific task and bring
about its completion with Excellency.

Notes A project manager is the person who takes ownership of a project within the
boundaries set by the project committee, the donors and the trustees.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
1. Project Manager ………………… and responsibilities are closely related to each other.

2. A manager is someone who manages the five Ms of a …………………, namely men,
material, machine, money and motivating factors.
3. Project managers also manage projects related to the fields of …………………, sales and
services.
4. Duty is a task performed by a person out of his ………………… profile and responsibilities
are obligations for which he is accountable.
5. The duties and responsibilities of a project manager have been studied by many
………………… experts and are made to suit business in the most effective ways.

5.3 Delegation of Authority

Authority is the key to managerial job. It denotes the right to make decision and command
subordinates to confirm these decisions. When the office manager is over burdened with official
assignments, he may allocate or divide it among the subordinates to get the work done by them.
The process of allocation of office work among the subordinates is called delegation of authority.
So delegation of authority means giving the subordinate authority to do something which the
executives do not have time to do. The process of delegation gives a gain to the subordinates
because they become closer with the supervisor.
Delegation of authority involves:
1. Assigning of duties to subordinates.
2. Delegating required amount of authority to the subordinate to enable them to discharge
the duties assigned to them.
3. Assumption of responsibility by the subordinates.

Task Discuss about Delegation of Authority.

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