WorksheetsEmployee empowerment
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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
Empowerment is?
A title given to any staff or manager so he can make any decision related to his work
A process of redistribution of decision making bringing the decision making closest to where the action is
A term that is used to explain how work is done without procedure or boundaries
Encouragement to all staff to act and make own decisions wihtout direction from management
These are few reason why we need empowerment, EXCEPT
Increase creativity
Faster decision making
Ease to change manager
Improve job satisfaction
How much is empowerment potential contribution towards productivity
1-1 % improvement
20 - 30% improvement
10 - 15% improvement
15 - 25% improvement
How is the OE R2 concept to correctly empower?
Maintain the current organization structure but limit the decision making only to management level
Back fill the organization middle layers with suitable enablers then redistribute the decision making and tasks
Remove the middle layers, increase more specialist and staff, and let decision making to top management
Balance the organization numbers of middle layers and staff, then assigned LOA for decision making
What is needed to be prepared in order to empower our employee
Manager and work instruction
Clear role, work process, team, coach and training
Computer, meeting room and good refreshement
Presentation material, question bank, coach
Based on 4 guiding stages of empowerment journey plan, what is our target?
Leaders Directed
Coach Directed
Shared Leadership
Leader Centered
Which empowered team has started?
Recognition and Rewards
Business Strategy
Work Process
HSE
Improvement and Innovation
Whose right is it to expect employees’ cooperation on Health and Safety matters?
Employer
Employee
Whose right is it to expect to work in a safe environment?
Employer
Employee
Whose right is it to expect to receive training appropriate to the job role?
Employer
Employee
Whose right is it to expect work to be carried out to required standard?
Employer
Employee
Whose right is it to expect punctuality?
Employer
Employee
Whose right is it to expect to be provided with protective clothing if necessary
Employer
Employee
Whose right is it to expect to receive minimum wage?
Employer
Employee
Whose right is it to expect to be treated fairly?
Employer
Employee
Whose right is it to expect regular attendance?
Employer
Employee
Whose right is it to expect appropriate behaviour in the workplace?
Employer
Employee
What is Empowerment?
It is the _____________ of decision making power in an organization
realignment
giving up
redistribution
appointment
4 key words of an empowered employee are:
Authorized, Enabled, Capable, Willing
Authorized, Accountable, Capable, Willing
Authorized, Accountable, Enthusiastic, Willing
Authorized, Accountable, Capable, Trusted
Empowered Teams contribute to ___________ of productivity improvement
20 - 30%
10 - 15%
5 - 10%
15 - 25%
Below are the roles of a coach, EXCEPT:
Policeman
Facilitator
Consultant
Trainer
How many stages are there in empowerment journey?
3
4
5
6
What is ABF's target in the empowerment journey?
Self Directed
Leader Directed
Leader Centered
Shared Leadership
How many coaches are there in ABFSB?
3
1
4
2
How many types of empowered teams are available in OE R2 context?
1
2
3
4
How many types of empowered teams are available in OE R2 context?
1
2
3
4
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
Diagnosing Organizational Effectiveness is used to chart team journey for empowerment. What is correct order of DOE excercise?
- Gap identification and closure, 2. DOE analysis workshop, 3. Alignment session 4. Assembling focus group
- DOE analysis workshop, 2. Assembling focus group, 3. Alignment session, 4. Gap identification and closure
- Assembling focus group, 2. Alignment session, 3. Gap identification and closure, 4. DOE analysis workshop
- Assembling focus group, 2. DOE analysis workshop, 3. Alignment Session, 4. Gap identification and closure
Which empowered team has been established at PCFSSB?
Recognition and Rewards Empowered Team
Work Process Empowered Team
Problem Solving Empowered Team
Improvement and Innovation Empowered Team
HSE Empowered Team
Following are empowerment stages, except
Leader-centered
Leader-directed
Leader-managed
Shared leadership
Employee empowerment is the process of allowing employees to make their own decisions and getting employees involved in helping to make decisions that affect the entire company.
What is empowerment definition base on OE R2?
Reduce manpower and delayering middle management, thus responsibilities are distributed to all front-liners.
Redistribution of the decision making power in an organization and brings the decision making closest to where the action are
Empowerment is about giving the power to the person that close to the action with proper backfilling
Empowered employee and team is required to run the organization with leaders as strategy thinker
What are examples of required backfilling?
- Work Process, 2. Empowered Team, 3. Digital Tools, 4 Adequate Training, 5. Coaches, 6. Management System
- Work Process, 2. Empowered Team, 3. POINT, 4 Adequate Training, 5. Coaches, 6. Management System
- Roles and Responsibilities, 2. Natural Work Team, 3. POINT, 4 Adequate Training, 5. Coaches, 6. Management System
- Work Process, 2. Empowered Team, 3. VAT, 4 Adequate Training, 5. Role Matrix, 6. Management System
Following are required when employee and team are empowered, except
Authorized, accountable, capable ad willing
Clear KPI and target outcomes
Clear boundaries
No plant upset
Manage own activities
What is not coach suppose to do?
Provide consultation
Executor of order
Facilitator for social skill
Instructor
What is main activity in removing obstacle in operationalizing empowerment?
Surfacing grievance
Diagnosing organizational effectiveness
Power up
Surfacing unwritten rules
Following are major challenges in operationalizing empowerment, except:
Insufficient training
Not enough manpower
Reluctant managers
Breakdown of organizational structure
Do not understand the concept
Empowerment is key performance enabler for OER2. It will improve organisational productivity to X %. What is X?
5% -10%
5 %
20% - 30%
15% - 25%
Please fill in the blank for the Empowered Employee definition.
" An Employee, within a given set of boundaries, is ......................................................., to manage his/her own activities to produce an agreed upon set of target outcomes.
authorized, accountable, capable and willing
empowered, accountable, competent and willing
How many levels of Empowerment are there in PETRONAS Empowerment mirror?
3
4
5
2
How many dimensions are there in PETRONAS Empowerment mirror?
9
11
10
12
A coach helps HRM as a focal person in Department ?
True
False
The coach provide feedback;
Forward (to superiors), Backwards (to friends and families)
Upwards (to leaders), Downwards (to peers and employees)
Upwards (to leaders), Downwards (to subordinates)
Upwards (to leaders), Parallel (to peers and employees)
Upwards (to leaders), Parallels (to subordinates)
Please choose the TRUE principles roles of a coach; (more than 1 answer)
he role is based on power, not on influence
Coach role is based on influence and not power
The coach role is essential to build an empowered organization
The coach role is essential to drive individual and team behavior and consequently organizational performance
The role is focused on building competencies
Fill in the blank for Coach job purpose and responsibilities ;
“lead and drive the implementation and sustainability of empowerment, management system and work processes, via the empowered organization from position of (a) ; acts as resources to teams, helps team members to build relationship, mindset & behavior, adopt methodologies and gain the knowledge and skills in meeting customer needs to achieve Departmental Goals ( e.g OEE, reliability, productivity and HSE)”
What does DOE stands for in empowerment assessment framework?
Department of Environment
Delay of Event
Department of Empowerment
Diagnosing Organizational Effectiveness
Shared Leadership : Team is exploring empowerment. First application of work processes. Leader is guiding team efforts.
True
False
What is the change management tool designed by Kaora Ishikawa?
Decision Tree
Fish-bone analysis
Force-field Analysis
Gantt Chart
Cause and Effect diagram
Granting employees power to initiate change, thereby encouraging them to take charge of what they do is called
Job Rotation
Employee engagement
Empowerment
Enrichment
A field of study concerned with analyzing work methods and establishing time standards.
Ergonomics
Industrial engineering
Empowerment
Enrichment
A flexible working hours that permit employees the option of choosing daily starting and quitting times, provided that they work a set number of hours per day or week.
Compressed work week
Job sharing
Telecommuting
Flextime
Enhancing a job by adding more meaningful tasks and duties (vertical expansion) to make the work more rewarding or satisfying is called ________
Job sharing
Job enrichment
Job enhancement
Job enlargement
____________________ is a group with widely dispersed members linked together through computer and telecommunications technology.
Virtual teams
Self-directed teams
Project teams
Cross-functional teams
__________________ is a job design approach that focuses on designing equipment and systems so that work gets done efficiently and does not compromise the physical well-being of the employee.
Industrial engineering
Empowerment
Enrichment
Ergonomics
________________________ is an empowerment technique that allows employees to mold their tasks to fit their individual strengths,passions, and motives better
Job rotation
Job enlargement
Job enrichment
Job crafting
________________________ is a group of highly trained individuals performing a set of interdependant job tasks within a natural work unit.
Self-directed teams
Virtual teams
Cross-functional teams
Project teams
The following are advantages to job sharing EXCEPT:
Suits to families where one or both spouses desire to work only part-time
Suits older workers willing to phase into retirement by shortening workweek
Increased productivity in terms of reduced wasted office time
Limits layoffs in hard economic times
The following are disadvantages of telecommuting EXCEPT:
Employees may lack the self-discipline to work at home
Increases stress experienced due to exhausting long workdays
Employees lack of face to face interaction with one another on a regular basis
Employees who are denied telecommuting feel discriminated and resent telecommuters
____________ is a non-financial motivator that involves developing skills of employees to achieve the best they can by providing them authority to make decisions
Job enrichment
Productivity
Renumeration
Empowerment
____________ refers to managers passing on authority to subordinates to carry out a task
Relegation
Delegation
Renumeration
Motivation
___________ are the financial rewards paid in addition to an employee's salary or wages, e.g. free lunch, free phone etc
Renumeration
Performance-related pay
Fringe payments
Time-rate
__________ looks at the factors that motivates employees; namely hygiene factors and motivators
Maslow's pyramid of needs
Taylor's scientific mangement approach
Herzberg's two-factor theory
Daniel Pink's theory
An Employer has a Duty to?
Provide a Safe working environment.
Provide a clean working environment.
Provide a Ventilated working environment.
Provide a Well Lit working environment.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Refreshments.
Adequate Staff Training.
Snacks.
Staff Seating.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Health & Safety Training.
Health & Safety Information.
Risk Assessments.
Toolbox Talks.
All of the above.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Health & Safety Training.
Health & Safety Information.
Site Inductions.
Toolbox Talks.
All of the above.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Health & Safety Training.
Health & Safety Information.
Risk Assessments.
Supervision.
All of the above.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Risk Assessments.
PPE.
Personal Protective Equipment.
Shower Facilities.
All of the above.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Risk Assessments.
Hazard Reporting Procedures.
Personal Protective Equipment.
Eating Facilities.
All of the above.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Risk Assessments.
Personal Protective Equipment.
Recreational Facilities.
Near Mis Reporting Proceedure.
All of the above.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Hazard Reporting Procedures.
Accident Reporting Procedures.
Near Mis Reporting Procedures.
Water Leak Reporting Procedures.
All of the above.
Employers have a responsibility to comply with?
Sections 1 to 10 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Sections 2 to 9 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Sections 3 to 8 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Sections 4 to 6 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
All of the above.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Shower Facilities.
Recreational Facilities.
Display Public Liability Insurance Certificate.
Health & Safety Law Poster.
Employers have a responsibility to provide?
Shower Facilities.
Recreational Facilities.
Welfare Facilities.
Counselling Facilities.
Employees have a responsibility to?
Report Major Accidents using RIDDOR.
Work Safely.
Turn up on time.
Clean the toilets.
Employees have a responsibility to?
Work in Partnership with Employers.
Work in Partnership with Each other.
Work in Partnership with The HSE.
Work in Partnership with RIDDOR.
Employees have a responsibility to?
Work in Partnership with Employers.
Report Hazards.
Report Water Leaks.
Report to reception.
Employees have a Legal Duty to?
Report Hazards.
Report Accidents.
Report Near Misses.
Report Absence.
Employees have a responsibility to?
Follow Company Procedures according to Sections 2 to 9 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Follow Organisational Procedures according to Sections 2 to 9 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Follow Employers Procedures according to Sections 2 to 9 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Follow Employees Procedures according to Sections 2 to 9 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Employees have a duty and responsibility to provide?
Health & Safety Training.
Health & Safety Information.
Site Inductions.
Toolbox Talks.
None of the above.
Employees have a responsibility to provide?
Personal Protective Equipment.
Eating Facilities.
Shower Facilities.
Recreational Facilities.
None of the above.
Employees have a duty and responsibility to?
Work safely at All Times.
Provide Risk Assessments.
Provide Supervision.
Provide Shower Facilities.
Empowerment is?
A title given to any staff or manager so he can make any decision related to his work
A process of redistribution of decision making bringing the decision making closest to where the action is
A term that is used to explain how work is done without procedure or boundaries
Encouragement to all staff to act and make own decisions wihtout direction from management
These are few reason why we need empowerment, EXCEPT
Increase creativity
Faster decision making
Ease to change manager
Improve job satisfaction
What is needed to be prepared in order to empower our employee
Manager and work instruction
Clear role, work process, team, coach and training
Computer, meeting room and good refreshement
Presentation material, question bank, coach
below is the examples of coproduction except
salad bars
self service copy shop
payment at pump station
see the doctor for treatment
below is all steps for empowering customer service provider except
allow workers to own their empowerment choices
paint a picture of what you accomplish
commit for the long haul
do not reward and recognize positive examples
Customers using system in place to meet their own service needs at level that result in satisfaction. this statement refer to
customer service provider
system analytical services
self sufficiency
online service tracking
Any set of procedures that contributes to the completion of customer service is referring to_________
self suffciency
customer service provider
customer service system
system design
All below is the examples of self sufficiency, Except:
self checkout
online bill paying
shipping tracking information
cut hair at barber shop
The main different between co production and self sufficiency is that co production is usually take place at designated time.and self sufficiency is available when and where the customer wish to access it.
true
false
Which term refers to an unwritten contract that is created when an employee agrees to work for an employer but no agreement exists as to how long the parties expect the employment to last?
A) temporary assignment
B) contract employment
C) employment at will
D) right-to-work law
The state of employee self-control and orderly conduct that indicates the extent of genuine teamwork within an organization is referred to as ________.
A) ethics
B) discipline
C) punishment
D) internal employee relations
The most effective disciplinary action addresses the employee's ________.
A) attitude
B) behavior
C) personality
D) conscience
In the disciplinary action process, what must occur immediately after management establishes rules?
A) observe performance
B) set organizational goals
C) compare performance with rules
D) communicate rules to employees
1. What instrument seeks input from employees to determine their feelings about topics such as flexibility in the workplace, opportunities for advancement, training and development opportunities, and the firm's compensation system?
a. Productivity survey
b. Attitude survey
c. Selection test
d. Market analysis
What is the MOST severe penalty an organization can give to an employee?
Suspension
Transfer
Termination
Demotion
1. The situation in which employees leave the organisation is referred to as labour:
a. stability.
b. turnover.
c. retention.
d. multiplier index.
1. Which of the following is a method of revealing the real reasons why employees leave their jobs?
Qualitative
evaluation Performance
appraisal Selection
interview Exit interview
1. Jane approach to disciplining her employees is to use the ‘hot stove’ approach. This approach involves:
a. punishing misbehaviour immediately after it occurs.
b. punishing misbehaviour in increasingly severe steps.
c. punishing misbehaviour by counselling the employee concerned.
d. punishing misbehaviour by immediately dismissing the employee.
1. As a result of downsizing, Heather has lost her job. Heather's employer is helping Heather find a job elsewhere. What service is Heather's employer providing?
Outplacement
Development
Outsourcing
Contracting
1. JIM is frequently late at work. In response, Maria's manager has given Maria time off with pay to think about whether she wants to follow the rules and continue working for the company. Which disciplinary method is Maria's manager MOST likely using?
a) Progressive disciplinary action
b) Hot stove approach
c) Disciplinary action without punishment
d) Punitive disciplinary action
In which of the following does the manager ask a series of questions in sequence to determine the best disciplinary action?
A) hot stove approach
B) progressive disciplinary action
C) disciplinary questionnaire approach
D) disciplinary action without punishment approach
34) Which of the following is NOT a question that would likely be asked when a manager uses progressive disciplinary action?
A) Does this violation warrant more than a written warning?
B) Does this violation warrant more than an oral warning?
C) Does this violation warrant disciplinary action?
D) Does this violation warrant termination?
As an HR manager, you may be required to fire employees. According to experts, what is the best time for you to fire an employee?
A) Monday morning
B) Monday afternoon
C) Friday morning
D) Friday afternoon
