EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT

By:Shakir Rasool

CONTENTS:
Meaning Elements of Empowerment Actions for Empowering Employees Effective Employee Empowerment Conditions Benefits of Empowerment

Meaning:Empowerment of the employees is the process of giving them power in the terms of:Authority Responsibility Resources Freedom to take decisions Skill and Abilities Solve work related problems.

Elements Of Empowerment
It includes: Control over work situation:
The employees of the organization must have a sense of parental control over ones immediate work situation. This is very much essential to understand the situation in which an employee is expected to discharge his duties.

 Self-sufficiency or competence:
The employee must be capable of successfully performing the assigned task. The employee must have confidence in his performance. He should not accept responsibility for making decisions until they are confident of their abilities.

Purposefulness:
The empowered employee must feel the significance and importance of the task assigned to him. He should not only know the value of the work for himself but also to the organisation.

 Belief system and trust:

The employee must clearly understand the impact of the decision taken on the performance and effectiveness of the organisation. The impact is felt when employees perceive that their behaviour has caused important outcomes.

Actions for empowering employees

To empower employees the organizations must initiate certain actions which may be:Delegation of authority Participative decision making Encourage self management Job enrichment Creating self managed work teams Creating jobs that provide intrinsic feedback

Installation of upward performance appraisal

Lessening of formalities
Creating supportive culture

Encouraging goal-setting
Educating and training employees

Effective employee empowerment conditions

To take out effective empowerment the organisation Must encourage: Participation Innovation Access to information Accountability

Benefits of Empowerment
Empowerment Benefits the
Organisation

Employees Managers

Empowerment benefits the organisation by:

Creating an environment which encourages proactively

problem solving , accepting challenge, innovation, continuous improvement , optimum utilization of employees. A high degree of employees motivation and enhancement of business performance.

For Employee empowerment provides :

A sense of high self esteem High degree of involvement and participation A learning environment Opportunity for personal growth and development

A greater sense of achievement

For Managers: The managers of the empowered organisations will have greater commitment towards the organisation

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