Empowerment Discussion

1. Using the dimensions of empowerment in the book, analyze and describe the degree to which people in your work environment are empowered. Then, review the first box in Figure 12.3 and describe the approach your supervisor or manager uses when making key decisions. Considering the article link in this module and explain if there is a “team of rivals” present? Finally, with respect to both participation in decision-making and team member empowerment, what strategies would you change if you were the manager of your or another organization? Consider all of Figure 12.3 and the section on Participation in Decision Making in Chapter 10.

2. Do you think of yourself as powerful, powerless, or a little of both? Explain your basis for these perceptions? In your answer integrate the specific symbols of power in the textbook.

3. Who is the most powerful person you know personally? What makes this person so powerful? Does this person’s power use empowerment as a tool or do they make all the decisions? In your answer use French and Raven’s five specific interpersonal forms of power, and the textbook’s addition of “information power” to assist you in your analysis.

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Part 1.The persons in my workplace environment are highly empowered based on the dimensions of empowerment highlighted in the book. The employees are allowed to make decisions on issues affecting their workplaces. Here, the managers do not force decisions on the workers as it might affect their confidence (Goetsch, 2011). At the same time, employees are involved when it comes to developing ideas to improve the organization’s performance. These approaches have enhanced the morale of the members of staff. The empowerment is facilitated by the approach the managers use to make decisions in the organization. Here, the supervisors employ the participative method to arrive at resolutions. Under this approach, they present the problem to the employees in meetings and allow them to provide their input. They use the views and opinions obtained from the subordinates to make effective solutions………….
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