Employee Empowerment: Empowerment means giving employees greater involvement in their jobs and in the operations of the organization by increasing their participation in decision making.
1. For empowerment to work effectively, management must be involved and perform the following functions:
a) Set expectations.
b) Communicate standards.
c) Institute periodic evaluations.
d) Guarantee follow-up.
2. Advantages of employee empowerment include increased job satisfaction, im-proved job performance, higher quality output, increased organizational commit-ment, lower turnover, and reduced sick leave.
3. Obstacles to empowerment can include resistance by management, distrust of management by workers, insufficient training, and poor communication between management and employees.
Brainstorm the concepts of empowerment.
Write each letter of the word empowerment in a vertical column and write down a work that corresponds with the first letter of the word.
Think of several words that are appropriate for that letter.
Formulate a statement by choosing one word from each letter that best describes empowerment.
Analyze the statement:
How relevant is the statement to you in the terms of empowerment?
What changes must occur in your workplace for you to have empowerment?
How would you describe yourself as an empowered employee?
What opportunities would empowerment give to you in your workplace?
Paper should be two pages in length, APA, references as needed.