Employee empowerment-MBA- Masters Level- Pokhara University- MBS

1. Employee Empowerment:
A Strategy towards Workplace
Commitment
-Kiran Kharel

2. Content
 Introduction
 Outcomes of Employee Empowerment
 Factors affecting Degree of Empowerment
 Strategic Employee Empowerment
 Workplace Commitment
 Structure of Workplace Commitment
 Indicators of Workplace Commitment
 Performance Implications
 Conclusion
 Lesson learned

3. Introduction
Employee empowerment is giving employees a certain
degree of autonomy and responsibility for decision-
making regarding their specific organizational tasks.

4. Outcomes of Employee Empowerment
 Increase employees’ trust and commitment
 Support the continuous improvement of processes, products, and services
 Increase employee loyalty, while at the same time reducing turnover, absenteeism, and illness
 Increase productivity by increasing employee pride, self-respect, and self-worth
 Use peer pressure and self-managing team methods for employee control and productivity
 Increase the bottom line by such methods as reducing waste and building quality, while meeting custome
requirements
 Increase trust and cooperation with management
 Increase communication among employees and divisions
 Enable employees to identify & solve problems so that they can improve their own performance
 Increase organizational commitment and organizational effectiveness; and
 Build a healthy organizational climate and culture.

5. Factors affecting Degree of Empowerment
 Role Uncertainty
 Area of Control
 Social Support
 Access to information
 Access to Resources
 Participative Environment

6. Strategic Employee Empowerment
 Allocation of Authority
 Formation of Mutual Committees
 Sense of Trusteeship
 Employees suggestion scheme
 Interaction with top executives

7. Workplace Commitment
 Organizational Commitment:
The measure of strength of the employee’s
identification with the goals and values of the organization.
 Individual Commitment:
The attributes which are directly affect the
person and to be defined as the psychological and emotional attachment
of individuals to their jobs, work groups or teams, peers, and careers.

8. Structure of Workplace Commitment

9. Indicators of Workplace Commitment
 Organizations have successfully developed, executed, evaluated, refined
and perused employee
 Strategic fit between people, tasks, technology, information processes,
rewards and organization structure
 Decision making, problem solving, shared leadership and overall
understanding of the business
 Increased competitiveness, accountability, risk taking, highly innovativeness, low
wastage, and the desire to improve overall job performance

10. Performance Implications

11. Conclusion
 A management practice of sharing information, rewards, and power with
employees so that they can take initiative and make decisions to solve
problems and improve service and performance which helps to overall
development of an organization.

12. Lesson learned
The process of allowing employees to have input and control over their
work, and the ability to openly share suggestions and ideas about their work
and the organization as a whole. Empowered employees are committed,
loyal and conscientious. They are ready to share ideas and can serve as
strong ambassadors for their organizations.

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