2.4.5: The Need to Change Priorities

• Priorities change for various reasons which are either internal or external.
• External changes may be social, political, economical, legal or technological.
• In order to cope with a change in priorities, businesses can do two things:

  • Change deadlines, as changing the priority of one task may have a knock-on effect on the deadlines of other tasks.
  • Delegate tasks; delegate simple tasks to less senior staff when a complex task arises.