Question

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 Patricia. You ask Patricia to complete the status report, making her haveresponsibility for its completion. Which of the following are true after you delegate the status report to Patricia? Check all that apply. You should guide Patricia through each step of the assignment to serve as a mentor. Patricia must have authority over the resources and personnel needed to complete the status report. You should help Patricia with the status report, to the extent you have time. Patricia will be held accountable for the results of the assignment. The advertising agency recently reorganized. Patricia now reports to both the regional sales manager and a senior product manager which means there unity of command. Unity of command in matrix organizations. Lower-level employees have the authority to act without first seeking approval for activities in a company. Continue without saving

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

In the first situation, the accounting and responsibility is chosen as of the superior assigned the work to the subordinate so there would be  accounting and responsibility that the given work should be completed within the prescribed time and under the full responsibility

In the second situation, there is a unity of command but it does not exist in the matrix organization. Here unity of command is reporting to one boss.

In the third situation, decentralization is there as there are the authority to take independent decisions by middle level and lower level employees