A320
Dispatch Dispatcher
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
General None Reported / Taken
Staffing
While working sector got a message to all dispatchers stating needed to move some Airbus flights to different desks due not having enough qualified A320 dispatchers.  Assumed meant maybe would get a few more releases to work up for later in shift. About :15 later an already enroute flight was added to DV for me to flight follow. No briefing was given on its status; just thrown onto my desk. Flight was in air 2 hours without a qualified A320 dispatcher exercising operational control. So to sum up---No operational control for 2 hours---no briefing to myself as assuming operational control of flight just tossed at me---and the biggest issue: Why is [company] not being more diligent about what dispatchers are able to assume what desks with what flights?
Air carrier Dispatcher reported operational control issues related to insufficient staffing.