Both factories in newcastle and stirling would

Amina Zan as she is the Financial Manager. Both factories in
Newcastle and Stirling would require confirmation of budgets and
projected sales targets so they can operate successfully.
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4 Explain how authority, responsibility and delegation can be exercised
within the new structure.
4.1 Authority is the right to give orders, make decisions and enforce
obedience. Authority is shown from the top to bottom through the
hierarchal structure, this enables superiors to issue
instructions and tasks down through line relationships to
others. Authority can be seen when examining the proposed
structure for the newly merged company. Appendix 2.1. As Suzy
Campbell is the Managing director of the organisation we would
have overall absolute authority over her subordinates. Meaning that
if Suzy was to delegate instructions to her Stirling Manager Hafiz
Shah, he must fallow those instructions as Suzy Campbell has
authority over him.
4.2 Responsibility is the understanding that you have an
obligation to carry out specific tasks given to you from a
superior within the organisations. In addition to this,
knowing you have a duty to make certain that particular
those tasks are done to industry standard. Responsibility is the
implementation of duty that can be passed down through the chain
of command in an organisational structure. Responsibility cannot
be delegated in the same way authority can. If a manager
delegates authority of a task to a subordinate, that set
manager still holds a responsibility to ensure that the task
has been completed successfully. In the proposed new merge
structure (appendix 2.1) we can see that Adrian Buchanan has been
passed the responsibility by Hafiz Shah. Adrian now has the
responsibility to ensure that the Waste Project is effectively
implemented into the organisation and he in hand inherits authority
over subordinate staff members that are involved within the Waste
Project also. This line of Responsibility can be seen from the green
double spaced line going from Adrian Buchanan to the Waste Project
in appendix 2.1.
4.3 Delegation is to entrust another person by giving instruction or
demand. This is typically from a superior to their
subordinate. This means that delegation of authority can be
passed down within members of an organisation, without
the superior losing responsibility for the completion of the
delegated instruction/task. As we know that Suzy Campbell is
the Managing Director and therefore has Authority over all members
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of the organisation, Suzy Campbell is then able to delegate tasks
and responsibilities down the chain of command to both Hafiz Shah
and Leon Houmond. An example of the delegation that would be
passed would be to ensure that both the Stirling facility and the
Newcastle facility were running efficiently and effectively. As Hafiz
Shah is the Operational Manager within Stirling he would be
entrusted by Suzy Campbell to complete the delegated task. The
same would be entrusted in Leon Houmond within the Newcastle
Facility.