SUBMITTED BYNeenu babu

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CONTENTS

• Definition• What empowerment is?• New system versus old system• Empowering leadership• Developing empowering attitude• Facilitators• Barriers• Process of empowerment• conclusion

•Managerial technique to release the full potential of every individual in an

organization

Empowerment is based on the idea that giving employees skills, resources, authority, opportunity, motivation, as well as holding them responsible and accountable for outcomes of their actions, will contribute to their competence and satisfaction.

What empowerment is?

• Authority of subordinate to decide and act• People can empowered by involving themselves in

work through process of inclusion• Process of reorientation of all forces, values and

beliefs that determine human behavior in organization

• Process releases full potential of every individual to contribute to the common enterprise

New versus old systems

Old system• Layers of management• Each tier control one below

it• For accomplishing static

goals (low cost, control of input, predictability, obedience, creation of demand, detection of defects etc.)

New system• Employees can performs their

roles intelligently, creatively and with commitment

• Provide competitative edge• Employees effectively

respond to unexpected problems themselves and make use of arising opportunities in their roles

• Accomplishing dynamic goals

Empowering leadership• Develop leaders who understand the strength and weakness of their

people and support them

• For utilizing their talents and skills

• To develop situational sensitivity to prevent any physical or social

disabilities that hamper employee performance

• Empowering leadership can facilitate the process of liberating the

organization by developing organizational structure that necessitate

collective involvement in decision making

Developing empowering attitude

• Implies various solution to problem depending upon situational factors

• Expecting the best (rather than worst) from people

• Realizing that there is no right (rather than only one) answer

• Perceiving the unity(rather than separation)of brain and hand

FACILITATORS

• Participation• Innovation• Access to information • Accountability• Delegation

BARRIERS

• Unwilling employees• Fear of lose of control• Lack of training• Need for more power among managers

Process of empowerment

• Valuing employees• Sharing vision• Trust• Provision of decision making information• Feedback• Solving problem• Social reinforcement• Training• Emotional support

consists of a few simple steps and lot of persistence and sharing

leadership and accountabilities