Employee Empowerment

Employee empowerment will be achieved by

• Management must not provide an open, nonthreatening, creative environment that encourages employee involvement.

• Expects employee to think, work together and get involved in the process.

• Not Rewards employee ownership of processes, products and services.

• Not recognizes employees' value.

These are the rational of empowerment except ..

• Working independently

• Promotes creativity

• Increase better ideas, decisions, quality, productivity and competitiveness

• Promotes independent thinking and initiative

These are inhibitors to employee empowerment except..

• Resistance from Employees and Unions

• Workforce Readiness

• Resistance from Management

• Management Training and Evaluation

Best Managers for Empowerment is

• Task oriented

• Workaholic

• People oriented

• Balance for task and people oriented

Management role in empowerment are

• Leadership

• Commitment

• Motivation

• Facilitation

Which are the Steps in the implementation of empowerment:

• Create a Supportive Environment

• Target and Overcome Inhibitors

• Put the Car in Place

• Assess, Adjust and Improve

These are the strategy of put vehicles in a place except..

• Brainstorming

• Voting

• Nominal Group Technique

• Quality Circles

The following strategies will help to overcome groupthink..

• Encourage the development of several alternatives

• Assign a member as ‘devil’s advocate’

• Discourage Criticism

• Include people who not familiar with the issue

Which are the objectives of the Quality Circles?

• To improve quality/service product.

• To support confidentiality

• To improve the quality of working life.

• To meet the psychological needs of workers

These are empowerment errors to avoid except..

• Clearly defining what empowerment means in the organization

• Clearly defining goals of management

• Provide empowerment training for all personnel

• Do not rush or become impatient