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The art of delegation is an indispensable quality of every successful leader. Andrew Carnegie (1835−1919) asserted, “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” Delegation is the process of assigning responsibility and authority to someone at a more junior level for accomplishing objectives (Lussier 2008). Good communication skill is the keystone for a successful delegation. The process of delegation involves three steps (Karmakar and Sarkar Datta 2012):

1 Assignment of work: A task is clearly communicated to the delegatee and deadline is set for completion.

2 Granting of authority: The delegatee understands that he is fully responsible and in charge of performing the delegated task.

3 Creation of accountability: The delegatee recognizes that he is the one to accept credit or blame for the results of the delegated tasks.

It is notable that giving others responsibility without authority is a delegation destined to failure, and it makes the delegatee to feel that he is being taken advantages of or that he cannot be trusted (Bixby 2016).