Empowerment

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This paper discusses the importance of employee empowerment to the growth and success of today's organizations. The author explains that empowerment begins with management and then discusses ways in which managers can motivate and empower employees. The writer concludes that improvement in people management requires more research to be conducted on how to motivate the motivators and empower those who are supposed to empower.

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"Most employees who come aboard a company have already been with another organization. Therefore, they are not starting out without any power. A company must find ways to build on the empowerment that people already have achieved. In this case, employers do not have to instill power, but rather eliminate the barriers of fear, negativity and exclusivity that prevent their people from practicing self-determination. Fear removes the employees' self-assurance, negativity eliminates their self-worth and inhibits the desire to pursue challenging tasks and exclusivity or authoritarianism and secrecy blocks work participation (Geisler, 2005; Sherman, & Hadjian, 1995). In many cases, employees have already gained their own personal power through past success and struggles. Organizations need only ensure the culture and work processes are free of barriers that cause powerlessness."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Campbell, G. (2005) Employee pride shines through. Quality. Vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 40-45.
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• McDonald, R. (2005) Shifting the balance of power? Culture change and identity in an English health-care setting. Journal of Health Organization and Management. vol.19, no. 3, pp. 189-204

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