Delegation is a very important part of time management for managers.  They cannot do all the work that they would usually do as their job, plus all the work required in their role as manager of other people.  This means that they are going to have to delegate out parts of their workload.  Rather than delegating at random, it should be planned.

The first thing to do when delegating work is to make sure that the person who the work is being delegated to knows what is required of them, know how to do it and have the authority within the company to carry out the task.  It is important however, that managers do not just delegate out the rubbish jobs that no one wants to do.  Managers should delegate out a mix of all jobs - sure they can delegate some of the more unpleasant jobs, but they need to also give out some of the more interesting and rewarding jobs as well.

Only delegate full jobs.  This may sound simple, but all too often, you see partial jobs that are delegated out.  This is going to be less interesting for the person doing the work as there will not be the reward of finishing the entire task at the end.  As well as this, there can be over laps and gaps in the work if more than one person is working on the same task.

Related posts:

1. Are Your Managers Delegating?
2. Why delegation is important
3. Delegation - Can You Do It?

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