delegation of authority

collocation in English

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delegation
noun
uk
/ˌdel.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdel.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
a group ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofdelegationandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Delegationofauthorityto organisations outside the government bureaucracy will only be done when there is enough assurance that it will not create problems.
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A more communitarian perspective argues that thisdelegationofauthoritycan also be implicit.
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Second, responses from entrepreneurs and managers in 1991 emphasised issues relating to management and internal organisational processes such asdelegationofauthority, incentive systems, employee commitment, trust and succession problems.
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I stress the importance ofdelegationofauthority.
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It would be very helpful to know whether there has been any change in thedelegationofauthority.
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It involves greatdelegationofauthorityfrom the centre down the line.
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What it allows is the formaldelegationofauthorityto determine pay.
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What there is, isdelegationofauthority—quite another matter.
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However, there are associated institutions—in some cases smaller colleges—which do not have thatdelegationofauthority.
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There are two different questions here with regard to thedelegationofauthorityto the management side.
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These include the allocation of departmental budgets anddelegationofauthorityto incur expenditure and approve payments.
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I have in mind what happened aboutdelegationofauthorityfrom the county in regard to highways.
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That administrative responsibility has not been accompanied by muchdelegationofauthority.
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I hope in those cases there will be no suggestion ofdelegationofauthorityto the local authorities.
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There is nodelegationofauthorityto a level that is commonplace in industry.
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Nonetheless, when they were set up they inherited the samedelegationofauthorityto incur expenditure as previously applied to this function within the department.
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There might be a greaterdelegationofauthorityto station commanders, and others lower in the scale, to give decisions on small matters.
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We believe strongly that a formal ballot is unnecessary because we are talking about thedelegationofauthority.
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My argument has been that there will be consultations, but a ballot is unnecessary for thedelegationofauthorityand impractical to organise.
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It is possible to introducedelegationofauthorityon a more experimental basis and that is what we propose to do.
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