Suppose you are a manager at an advertising agency who is eager to utilize Covey’s advice about delegation. Today, you need to work on a presentation for a potential new client. This requires delegating a routine status report about an ongoing advertising campaign to Joanne. By delegating the status report to Joanne, she has accountability and responsibility for its completion.
Which of the following are true after you delegate the status report to Joanne? Check all that apply.
Joanne will have full responsibility for the assignment.
You should guide Joanne through each step of the assignment to serve as a mentor.
Joanne will be held accountable for the results of the assignment.
You should help Joanne with the status report, to the extent you have time.
The advertising agency recently reorganized. Joanne now reports to just one boss, the CFO, which means there is unity of command. Unity of command does not exist in matrix organizations.

The reorganization also gave Joanne to direct the activities of the three people who now report to her.
Choices: staff authority, staff function, Line authority, line function.