Question

Brandon assigns responsibility to a subordinate for preparing a sales presentation for an important potential client and authorizes the necessary expenditures of money and human resources, but he still requires a dress rehearsal to be presented to him before the actual presentation. Brandon realizes that accountability cannot be ________.
A. created.
B. delegated.
C. assigned.
D. expected.
E. accepted.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Delegated

Explanation:

Brandon realised that even though he had handed over responsibility to another person, to prepare a sales presentation for an important potential client and necessary expenditure, he requires dress rehearsals to be done before the main presentation, he realised accountability cannot be delegated because even if tasks can be delegated, accountability cannot.

If something goes wrong with the presentation and the client is lost, all the blame would fall on Brandon and not the subordinate because the subordinate is merely representing Brandon's interests.

He also knows that if there is a success in the presentation, the praise comes to Brandon because he made the decision to give the subordinate the responsibility.

With all this in mind, Brandon constantly required dress rehearsals so his subordinate would nail the presentation.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. Delegated

Explanation:

Delegation is s form of getting tasks completed by assigning the responsibility of carry out the task to another person. It involves a transfer of authority, downwards to subordinates to carry out certain activities and task. It involves giving the responsibility of a job, duty, rights and so on to an individual to complete. In this case however, Brandon realizes that one can't delegate accountability as accountability spurs up from individual trait.