A school leader wants to improve administrative efficiency. Which action is…

Concept

Administrative efficiency improves when authority and routine responsibility are matched to appropriate roles.

Delegation distributes recurring work while preserving the leader’s accountability for coordination and higher-level decisions.

Application

Here, routine tasks can be assigned to suitable staff members. This reduces the leader’s direct operational load and creates more time for supervision, planning, and decisions that require leadership authority.

Contrast

• Centralizing all decisions creates a single approval point and adds routine work to the leader’s queue.

• Random assignment ignores expertise and workload, so responsibility is not matched systematically.

• Restricting staff input removes operational information that can improve planning and implementation.

Cross-check

If recurring duties are handled by designated staff while the leader monitors outcomes, work moves without waiting for every minor approval and accountability remains clear.

Therefore, delegating routine tasks is the most effective action.