Assignment:
Employee Empowerment is a trend in HR management. This can range from giving employees responsibility and authority to make decisions on all things from product development to customer service. It can also extend to innovation as employees share ideas for satisfying customers and operating more efficiently and safely.
Think of a situation in which an employee might act on the concept of being empowered and respond:
Consider the following questions: (don't have to be long answers.)
What conditions are optimal to encourage an employee to step outside the traditional roles?
What is an example of an action an employee might take to demonstrate empowerment?
What obstacles exist that would prevent an employee from realizing the sense of empowerment?
How can an organization promote innovation and idea-sharing to improve products, processes, or services?