Mia, vice president of operations, was looking to make her company more efficient and asked Cesar to manage the reorganization of the order fulfillment center, even though he was less experienced than many of the managers in that department. Cesar found that the other managers were not cooperative in giving him access to their current procedures or ideas about new ones, and he felt powerless to compel them. Mia most likely made the mistake of
A) assigning inappropriate tasks to a junior manager.
B) delegating responsibility without adequate authority to Cesar.
C) "passing the buck" by blaming Cesar's performance.
D) taking credit for Cesar's accomplishments.
E) underestimating Cesar's capabilities.
B) delegating responsibility without adequate authority to Cesar.
Explanation: The person who gets the assignment should be given the authority, time, and resources to carry out the task successfully. Mia did not grant Cesar adequate authority.
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