EMPOWERMENT AND

PARTICIPATION
ARLYN N. JOVELLANA
Discussant
 WHAT IS
EMPOWERMENT?
Empowerment means encouraging and allowing
individuals to take personal responsibility of
improving the way they do their jobs and
contribute to the organization’s goals.

- Richard Carver
 FOUR EMPOWERING
ELEMENTS

Information Knowledge

Power Rewards
 Employees receive information about company
performance

Employees have knowledge and skills to

contribute to company goals.
Employees have the power to make substantive
decision.

Employees are rewarded based on company

performance.
 TYPES OF EMPOWERMENT
Decision-Making
Empowerment Empowering employees to
make decisions.

Giving employees financial empowerment allows

Financial them to decide the best uses of the budget for
Empowerment supporting their positions and achieving company
goals.
This approach gives employees the autonomy to use Time Management
their time as they see fit, working non-traditional Empowerment
hours or dividing time between a home office and a
work location.

Employees who are empowered with an honest and

Shared Information forthright look at what’s going on behind the scenes
Empowerment at work are less likely to feed the corporate rumor
mill.
 PARTICIPATION
What is it?
 According to Keith Davis, Participation refers to the mental and emotional involvement of a
person in a group situation which encourages him to contribute to group goals and share the
responsibility of achievement.

 According to Walpole, Participation in Management gives the worker a sense of importance,

pride and accomplishment; it gives him the freedom of opportunity for self-expression; a
feeling of belongingness with the place of work and a sense of workmanship and creativity.

 Clegg says, “It implies a situation where workers representatives are, to some extent, involved
in the process of management decision making, but where the ultimate power is in the
hands of the management”.

 According to Dr. Davis, “it is a mental and emotional involvement of a person in a group
situation which encourages him to contribute to goals and share responsibilities in them”.
 THREE IMPORTANT IDEAS OF
PARTICIPATION
Involvement

Contribution

Responsibility
Participation means meaningful
involvement rather than mere
muscular activity. Something given or
offered that adds to a
larger whole

Accept responsibility in
group activities
 Solution
Outcomes

• Organization:
Higher Output
Better Quality
Innovation
Involvement
Participative
• Mental • Employees
Programs
• Emotional Acceptance
Self-efficacy
Less Stress
Satisfaction
https://trainingmag.com/empowering-your-employees-make-decisions/

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