Authority Matrix Template
Authorities and Responsibilities Matrices
Authorities and Responsibilities Matrices are considered important to organizations due to their role in identifying and documenting decisions that are usually taken on the organizational level, in addition to specifying positions participating in the decision-making process and highlighting their respective roles. This supports the concepts of accountability as means for providing the necessary empowerment for employees and inducing flexibility into the work environment
The Authority Matrix has 14 main categories:
- Legal & Strategic (5 decision activities)
- Organizational Structure (4 decision activities)
- Risk Management (5 decision activities)
- Financial Planning (5 decision activities)
- Banks Accounts (4 decision activities)
- Fixed Assets (4 decision activities)
- Sales (9 decision activities)
- Receivables & Collections (8 decision activities)
- Marketing (3 decision activities)
- Inventory & Procurement (7 decision activities)
- HR & Personnel (17 decision activities)
- IT & Security (3 decision activities)
- Emergency Changes (2 decision activities)
- Other (2 decision activities)
The Advantages of Matrix
- Save time & money - creating an Authority Matrix is time consuming and expensive
- Delegation and empowerment
- Improve decision making
- Increased communication efficiency
- Improved employee motivation
- Maximizes resource usage
- Increased employee professional development