Delegation principle
The delegation principle is understood to mean the principle of giving up the decision-making authority for the related area with a nomination, assignment of tasks or voting.
- In politics , the elected (delegate) not only receives the vote of the elector, but also the political decision-making authority. The opposite is the principle of representation .
- In companies , the employee or the organizational unit with fixed areas of responsibility receives the necessary skills.
- The term can be transferred to the field of object-oriented programming. Here the opposite is inheritance .
The ultimate responsibility cannot be delegated and remains with the delegator, i. H. the voter or the company management. In this respect, observation and control must take place despite the principle of delegation.