Bangkok Post, Thailand, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai Column.

Byline: Kriengsak Niratpattanasai

Sep. 5--For the past two weeks, human resources director Nopadol and Brad, his managing director, have been discussing accountability in the workplace. The junior staff have responded well, and today Nopadol takes up a new theme. The company's Thai managers, he says, want to know more about delegating with accountability. Brad offers the following example:

"Let's say I'm attending a leadership workshop at our head office for a week. I have to delegate chairmanship of the management committee to you in my absence. My first task of accountability is be certain that you're capable of handling the job. Usually, when people ...