ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Leadership, management and supervision
A finance director instructs a team leader to complete the monthly payroll reconciliation. The team leader is expected to carry out the work and answer to the director for the result. Which term describes this obligation to perform a task and be answerable for it?
The term is responsibility. It is the obligation to perform assigned tasks and be answerable to the person who assigned them. Patronage, coercion and charisma relate to power or personal influence, not to a duty to perform work and account for it.
- AResponsibilityCorrect
- BPatronage
- CCoercion
- DCharisma
Explanation
Responsibility is the obligation to carry out assigned duties and be answerable for the outcome. Patronage and coercion are sources of power, and charisma is a personal quality, so none of them describes an obligation to perform a task.
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