Question

What is responsibility?

Answer 1

Responsibility refers to the obligation to perform the assigned tasks or duties to the best of one's ability. According to Koontz and O'Donnell, responsibility is "the obligation of a subordinate, to whom a duty has been assigned, to perform duty". Responsibility is always in relation to human beings because non-living things

cannot be assigned a duty. Responsibility is of a person not a machine. It always flows upwards, i.e., from a subordinate to a superior. Responsibility arises only when a duty has been assigned by a superior to a subordinate. The essence of responsibility is the

obligation to complete the job or to meet certain minimum level of performance.