people empowerment

EVELYN ARNEDO GABASMEM 205 SEMINAL in EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

•To invest people with authority• Sharing varying degrees of power with lower-level employees to better serve the GOAL

1. Enabling the employees to make bigger decisions without having refer to a leader.

2. Involving the people to improve the ways things are done.

3. Encouraging employees/people to Play a more effective role in their work.

•Giving up control can be threatening to some leaders.•LEADERS may not want to sharepower with someone they look down upon. •LEADERS fear of losing their own place and special privileges in the system

IDENTIFYING REASONS FOR EMPOWERMENT

CHANGING BEHAVIOR OF LEADERS

DETERMINING IMPACT OF PEOPLE DECISIONS

ESTABLISHING WORK TEAMS

SELECTING THE RIGHT PERSON

PROVIDING TRAINING

COMMUNICATING EXPECTATION

1. Demonstrate That You Value People2. Share Leadership Vision3. Share Goals and Direction4. Trust People

5. Provide Information for Decision Making6. Delegate Authority and Impact Opportunities, Not Just More Work7. Provide Frequent

Feedback

8. Solve Problems: Dont Pinpoint Problem People9. Listen to Learn and Ask Questions to Provide Guidance

PEOPLE Empowerment

•It leads to greater job satisfaction, Motivation, increased productivity and reduces the costs.• It also leads to creativity and innovation since the employees have the authority to act on their own.

•There is increased efficiency in employees because of increased ownership in their work.•Lesser need of supervision and delegation.

•People when empowered become more entrepreneurial and start taking more risks. Greater the risk, greater are the chances to succeed.

•Egotism / arrogance: Arrogance can create a big trouble for the leaders.

There can be problems in delegating.

avoid reporting about their work and feedback can be taken negatively.

Risk: Creativity and innovation demands agreater risk bearing capacity and there are equal chances of success and failure.Workers often lack the expertise to execute are enterprise, which can cost big.

 Industrial Democracy: Labor unions and workers are empowered and they may misuse the same. Strikes and lock outs become more frequent. Also, labor unions gain insights into management and their functioning and they leak the same

Security: Since information comes and is shared by all, there are apprehensions about leakage of critical data

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Increased initiative, involvement, enthusiasm &

If an organization is looking for a way to speed processes and still produce quality output and services, focus on employee empowerment.

We can conclude that definitely People empowerment is a positive element in an organization/education. However it depends on the demands & circumstances. Empowering People develops self confidence & loyalty in them & leads also to improved the system. Morever everyone’s limit is to be defined when empowered.