Employee Involvement discusses motivating employees through involvement and empowerment. It explains Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how understanding employee needs can increase motivation. Empowering employees by giving them responsibility and involving them in decision making improves quality, productivity, and the ability to implement improvements. Recognizing employee contributions through rewards and acknowledgement further boosts motivation. Involving employees provides opportunities for continuous process improvement and better decision making.

1. Employee Involvement Tanetra Austin Tri-State Institute, 2010

2. Involvement An approach taken to improve quality and productivity.

3. Motivation Helps individuals to understand the utilization of employee involvement to achieve process improvement. Motivational Quote “Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” E. Joseph Cossman

4. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow developed the first and most popular motivational theories. He stated that motivation is best explained in terms of hierarchy.

5. What is Hierarchy A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system.

6. Levels of Hierarchy According to Maslow, there are five levels of hierarchy relating to motivation: 5.Self-actualization (control and freedom) 4.Esteem (pride and self-worth) 3.Social (need to belong) 2.Security (a safe place to work and job security) 1.Survival (food, clothing, and shelter)

7. Achieving a Motivated Work Force Know thyself Know your employees Establish a positive attitude Share the goals Monitor progress Develop interesting work Communicate effectively Celebrate success

8. What is Empowerment Increasing the spiritual, political, social, or economic strength of individuals and communities.

10. Teams Work Teams work for the following 3 reasons: Many heads are more knowledgeable than one Each member has the ability solve problems Each member develop characteristics of subconscious communication with each other that allows them to do a better job

12. Implement and support decisions

13. Able to spot areas of improvement