Delegation is essential because it provides which of the following outcomes?

• A. More time on planning, directing, controlling
• B. It eliminates the need for supervision
• C. It reduces planning
• D. It reduces subordinates' skills

Answer: (A)

Delegation frees the supervisor’s time by shifting routine or appropriate tasks to capable subordinates, allowing focus on higher-level management activities. By entrusting work, you still guide and monitor progress, but you gain bandwidth for planning, directing, and controlling—the activities that shape goals, coordinate efforts, and ensure standards are met. This also helps develop subordinates’ skills as they take on more responsibility under supervision and feedback.

The other options don’t fit because delegation doesn’t eliminate supervision and it doesn’t reduce planning or subordinates’ skills; rather, it keeps supervision necessary, increases opportunities for planning activities, and builds skills through hands-on experience.