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Stealth Delegation

Act of transfering a duty or task to a worker not actually in the chain of command of the assigner, always without knowlege of the worker's superior. Normally done to seem like a promotion or reward for the worker but really is a way to pawn of unwanted work. Dutiful worker sets precident of doing the work before his boss finds out and thus it becomes a permanent part of the worker's duties.
Useful when strategic incompetence is unsucessful.
A required skill in today's corporate world
Accountant: Dude - your so great I'm gonna award you the Data Collection Champion position
Drone 1: Whoa, I'm stoked, a promotion; what do I do
Accountant: Oh, lots of things, like collect all receipts and invoices and turn them in to me each month - very important

Drone 1: Awesome, I'm moving up!
Accountant: One other thing, I don't want anyone to get jealous of your new work so don't tell your boss, he might try to keep you down, and keep doing all your other great work
Drone 1: Rock-On.....like spy work
Drone 2: Duuuude...you just got stealth delegation 'd
by TedDeadMan July 11, 2011
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Defunk deligate

The Defunk deligate is usually found in the work place posing as aupper management. At first he comes across as your best friend whom is there to Help and offers his assistance at every turn, But when it's time to deligate, he is suddenly lost for answers and "missing" at the most crucial times. He is also the king of "passing the Buck."
Hey Neil, have you seen Jimmy our Defunk deligate? He promised to help free this uncomfortable pain, right here in my ass...called an affirmitive shopper!
by Ryan Neil September 7, 2006
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delegatorship

An organisation that is run by someone who offloads all of their work and responsibilities onto those beneath them, just because they can.
Delegate: This department is a total delegatorship...it's not fair...whine whine whine.

Delegator: Delegation is what you need to be a tax advisor. To differentiate, what I need to be an associate director is for you to do all of my work but not charge your time...enjoy!
by TeamAB December 9, 2010
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delehate

The act of delegating tasks/projects/work you hate to people who work for or below you (and are contractually unable to refuse taking it on)
Mary delehated the entire "Bad Dragon" contract onto our team and now we're up to our necks in erotic scalie paraphernalia.
by Horusrogue August 31, 2021
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Suprise Delegation

The act of assigning or delegating work to others without informing the delegatee of the work assigned. The person who is assinged the work often is suprised when the task is revealed.
Mike just asked me for an update on project X. I didn't even know i was supposed to be working on project x... just another example of his suprise delegation.
by ihcw July 20, 2010
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competitive delegation

when a boss puts two people on the same job, without informing either of them of the situation. in essence, it is a strategy to get the "best result" by sacrificing both employees' trust and motivation.
you know what that dumbass did to us? he pulled a competitive delegation on our asses!
by releasethequackin August 11, 2015
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Delegative

Likely to delegate. The quality of being someone who delegates work or responsibility to others. Empowering and trusting in leadership.
A delegative leader, he tends to entrust others with decision-making and responsibility.
by Logan555 July 23, 2013
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