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Empowerment is the key

Empowerment is the key. Power…..Empower. The paradox…. to wield power, one must give it away — that is — to empower Rechargeable battery Charge it up and it energizes your cell phone or laptop. Forget, and it will ultimately fail you. What?. Not just a management buzzword!

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Empowerment is the key

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  1. Empowermentis the key

  2. Power…..Empower • The paradox…. • to wield power, one must give it away — that is — to empower • Rechargeable battery • Charge it up and it energizes your cell phone or laptop. Forget, and it will ultimately fail you.

  3. What? • Not just a management buzzword! • New way of managing organizations • Competitive and complex future • Enable employees to do their best • For this you need to trust them • Delegate responsibility • Lowest level of organisation

  4. Why? • Human resource • Most important asset of the organisation • Employee involvement • Employee commitment • Value creation for the customer • Improvements in quality & productivity • Improved business relationships with other departments • Motivation for survivors of downsizing.

  5. Benefits • The organization: harnesses individual talents to the full • The department / team: becomes more enthusiastic, active, and successful • Employees: entrusted new responsibilities and are stretched beyond what they previously thought they could achieve

  6. More…. • Releases the individual wisdom, creativity and energy of employees • Facilitates teamwork and harnessing of collective power of employees • Changes the managers' mind-set and leaves them with more time to engage in broad-based thinking, visioning, and nurturing.

  7. Intrinsic Motivation Internal Justification for Decision-Making Integration for Problem Solving Shared Responsibilities Embodies…

  8. Involves… • Trusting and communicating the employees • Stronger leadership and accountability • Becoming: • Coach, Advisor, Sponsors and Facilitators • Decision making authority in the domains of responsibility

  9. Two common traits needed • Desire to employ people with greater skills or knowledge than they themselves possess • Ability to develop people into leaders themselves

  10. Cultural Integration • Empowered people change cultures • 4 stages: • 1. I am doing this because my job depends on it. • 2. I am doing this because seeing others I know it is the right thing to do. • 3. I am doing this because it is right and the culture supports it. • 4……….and I will coach others to do the same.

  11. The culture model Compliance with written policies & procedures Mimicking the behavior of others Develops his own behavioral routine. Builds up knowledge bank and int. motivators

  12. More…. • As employee matures…. • Integrates with co workers for problem solving… • And teaches others too • Thus culture adopts less formal values and traditions

  13. Motivation • Extrinsic: Employee is rewarded for actions • Intrinsic: decision making freedom • Employee has internal justification for his or her actions • Should guide towards the “Mission”

  14. Expanding Job Description • Everybody in the organisation • A salesman of the product or the service • “This is not my job” attitude does not work any more. • Accept responsibility

  15. Intranet • Learn about different job functions • Learn to work together • Self Management Work Teams • 10 to 15 people….take on responsibility of their former supervisors • Group performance is better than individuals’ performance

  16. Corporate Employee Suggestion Schemes • Formalized mechanism for • Promoting participative management • Employee involvement • Management delayering • Remove the redundant layers

  17. Measurement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) • Labour turnover • Absenteeism • Accident rate • Lost time due to various factors

  18. Business Planning • As more people understand the business and where it is planning to go….. • More involvement and • Commitment towards organisational goals and objectives

  19. Six Sigma & TQM • Numerous opportunities of empowerment • Employees suggesting areas and processes • Employees share their first hand experiences • Provide expert knowledge

  20. ESOPs: ESOPs enable the employees in identifying themselves as the owner’s of the organization. • CRM: Empowers employees while enhancing customer loyalty and value. • Company wide culture-change programs: Workshops, & events to raise awareness & empower individuals & teams. E.g.. Quality circle movement

  21. Companies that have Empowered • GE:Everybody has to know everything, so they can make the right decisions by themselves • Godrej: just in time information

  22. More… • INTEL(TQM) • FORD (TQM) • SATURN (TQM) • Scandinavian Airline Systems (TQM) • Harley Davidson (TQM) • Eastman Kodak Co.(SMTs) And the list goes on……

  23. HOW? Delta Airport Inn • “License to Please” • Free hotel nights to customers who are unhappy with guaranteed house keeping. United Airlines Inc. • Resolve customer complaints on the “first contact” • Expense refunds, meals, ground transportation vouchers

  24. Internal Threats * Clashes can occur between development team members due to overlapping responsibilities. * Conflicts can arise between development team members and management over authority. * Managers must evaluate the amount of authority they want to give to development team members. Many managers have difficulty giving up authority. * Employees may resist empowerment (the "it's not my job" attitude). * Employees may need assistance in understanding or accepting new responsibilities.

  25. External Threats • Reduction in Workforce • Due to competitive environment….labour force cutback….become an excuse for not empowering • Mergers and Acquisitions • Cultural Integration faces problems • Changing Senior Management • Might want to move things around

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