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Management by exception

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In management & leadership, management by exception means: An approach in which managers intervene mainly when results or situations move outside agreed limits.

In Turkish: istisnalarla yönetim

How it is used

Use when routine decisions are delegated and thresholds determine which issues require management attention.

Example sentences

  1. Management by exception lets branch teams handle ordinary refunds within agreed limits.

    Routine work stays local while exceptional cases trigger intervention.

  2. The report supported management by exception by highlighting only substantial deviations.

    Attention is directed to departures from expectations rather than every detail.

Common collocations

  • practise management by exception
  • management by exception approach
  • delegateTo give part of your work, responsibility or decision-making power to someone else, usually a person in your team, while still checking that the result is achieved.
  • escalateTo pass a problem or decision to someone with more authority because it cannot be solved at your level; of a conflict, to become more serious.

More terms: Delegation and Accountability

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