Suppose you are a manager at an advertising agency who is eager to utilize Covey's advice about delegation. Today, you need to work on a

presentation for a potential new client. This requires delegating a routine status report about an ongoing advertising campaign to Joanne. By

delegating the status report to Joanne, she has

for its completion.

Juanita must have authority over the resources and personnel needed to complete the status report
You should help Juanita with the status report, to the extent you have time
Juanita will have full responsibility for the assignment
Juanita will be held accountable for the results of the assignment.

Answer:

Correct Options are 1, 3 and 4.

Explanation:

She also has authority to access the legitimate resources to complete the status report in due time. Hence Option 1 is correct.

However, after delegating the assignment to Joanne. I am not responsible to help her complete the task. I may have responsibility of reviewing the status report but I am not responsible for helping her to complete the status report whenever I am free. Hence Option 2 is incorrect.

The reason is that after delegating the task to Juanita with authority and responsibility to complete the assigned task, she is now responsible to complete the status report as the task is assigned to her. Hence option 3 is correct

If Juanita's status report was not difference making or in simple words the purpose of the status report was not fulfilled then she will accountable for the outcome. Hence Option 4 is correct.