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Task delegation

Reassign tasks along the organisational hierarchy

Task delegation is when a person who was originally assigned a task passes it on to another person based on their position in the organisational hierarchy.

Goel, K., Fehrer, T., Röglinger, M., & Wynn, M. T. (2023). Not Here, But There: Human Resource Allocation Patterns. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 377–394).

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Eliminate activities

Eliminate unnecessary activities

Appoint case managers

Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type

Empower resources

Empower workers for more decision-making authority

Deploy extra resources

If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources

Apply Integral technology

Elevate physical constraints by applying new technology

Fail Early

Order knock-outs by least effort and highest termination probability first.

Specialist-generalist

Consider to deepen or broaden the skills of resources

Use eco-friendly resources

Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives

Department-based assignment

Distribute tasks by interdepartmental interactions to enable or restrict involvement

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Deploy extra resources

If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources

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