Discussion:
The Empowerment Process: Integrating Theory and Practice
Please note and read the following instructions, then answer the questions that follow below.
This requires to reflect on the use of empowerment with a coalition's participant focus. Empowerment is typically considered to be a technique for managing individuals. However, empowerment allows individuals and groups to experience opportunities that provide an increase in motivation as well as self-efficacy. Not merely a "power driven" opportunity for an individual to lead or provide expertise, but developing conditions that encourage empowerment through feedback and reinforcement of personal strategies for success creates a stronger sense of efficacy.
Conger and Kanungo,
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"The Empowerment Process: Integrating Theory and Practice"
For this discussion, consider the following:
1. What political and personal issues exist that drive the coalition?
2. How does the process of the coalition's movement toward their stated goals contribute to participants' feelings about their personal empowerment and impact on the process?
3. What theories of human development support the need for personal empowerment?
4. How does the choice of various agencies and individuals comprising the coalition help to create a sense of empowerment?