Re: Question for Ted Walther: Delegation

2006-03-01 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ted Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.03.01.0303 +0100]: > Every delegate has free personal choice. If they choose not to > accept their delegation, then the task will go undone, unless > someone else steps up to the plate. On what basis will you select the delegates then? Or do you s

Re: Question for Ted Walther: Delegation

2006-02-28 Thread Ted Walther
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 02:22:21PM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: What sorts of tasks would you plan to delegate? Would you delegate important decisions, or would you be more interested in delegating gruntwork? Until I am DPL, I won't have any idea of the types of things that might need to be delega

Re: Question for Ted Walther: Delegation

2006-02-28 Thread Ben Burton
Hi Ted, Thanks for your answers. Another question regarding delegation: What sorts of tasks would you plan to delegate? Would you delegate important decisions, or would you be more interested in delegating gruntwork? I ask because the two examples I posted before seems to be of the gruntwork

Re: Question for Ted Walther: Delegation

2006-02-28 Thread Ted Walther
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 12:52:56PM +1100, Ben Burton wrote: My question is, how do you distinguish "delegate" from "command" (or its lesser cousin "request politely")? If you were DPL and you delegated tasks in this fashion, would you expect them to be done as a matter of course? Every delegat

Question for Ted Walther: Delegation

2006-02-28 Thread Ben Burton
Hi Ted, I'm a little confused on your interpretation of "delegation". Consider the following two examples in which you have appointed tasks to others: 1. In a thread from yesterday in which people were seeking out your opinions, you appear to "delegate" someone else (who had not expressed eithe