Glossary

Assignment

Deutsch: Aufgabe / Español: Asignación / Português: Atribuição / Français: Affectation / Italiano: Assegnazione /

In the industrial and business context, "assignment" generally refers to the delegation of a task, project, or responsibility to a person or team within an organization..

Here are some examples of assignments:

  1. A manager might assign a team to develop a new product.
  2. A project manager might assign tasks to individual team members to complete a project on time and within budget.
  3. An HR manager might assign a new employee to a specific department or role within the company.
  4. A sales manager might assign a sales target to each member of the sales team.

Other similar terms used in project management and task delegation are:

  1. Task
  2. Project
  3. Initiative
  4. Mission
  5. Duty
  6. Responsibility
  7. Chore
  8. Job
  9. Commission

All of these terms refer to a specific set of tasks or responsibilities that are assigned to an individual or team within an organization.

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