The document discusses empowerment and participation in organizations. It defines empowerment as giving employees job mastery, accountability, role models, reinforcement, and emotional support. Participation involves employee involvement, motivation to contribute, and accepting responsibility. The benefits of participation include improved ethical standards and productivity. Effective participation requires time, clear benefits, interest, communication, and avoiding threats to positions. Programs discussed include suggestion programs, quality circles, self-managing teams, and employee ownership plans.
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1. Chapter 8
Empowerment
and
Participation
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2. THE NATURE OF EMPOWERMENT AND PARTICIPATION
What Is Empowerment?
Empowerment
1. Job mastery
2. Accountability
3. Role models
4. Reinforcement and persuasion
5. Emotional support
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3. THE NATURE OF EMPOWERMENT AND PARTICIPATION
Figure 8-1 The process of empowerment
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4. THE NATURE OF EMPOWERMENT AND PARTICIPATION
What Is Participation?
Participation
Involvement
Motivation to Contribute
Acceptance of Responsibility
Why Is Participation Popular?
Ethical imperative
Benefits of Participation
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5. HOW PARTICIPATION WORKS
The Participative Process
The Impact on Managerial Power
Leader-Member Exchange
Leader-member exchange model
Two Views of Power
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6. HOW PARTICIPATION WORKS
Figure 8-4 Two views of power and influence
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7. HOW PARTICIPATION WORKS
Prerequisites for Participation
- Major prerequisites are
1. Time to participate
2. Benefits of participation should be greater than the costs
3. Relevant and interesting
4. Ability to participate
5. Mutually able to communicate
6. Neither party should feel that its position is threatened
7. Within the groups area of job freedom
Area of job freedom
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8. HOW PARTICIPATION WORKS
Contingency Factors
Differing Employee Needs for Participation
Underparticipation
Overparticipation
Responsibilities of Employees and Manager
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9. PROGRAMS FOR PARTICIPATION
Figure 8-8 Selected types of participative programs
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10. PROGRAMS FOR PARTICIPATION
Participative management
Suggestion Programs
Quality Emphasis
Quality Circles
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Self-Managing Teams
Employee Ownership Plans
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11. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS IN PARTICIPATION
Labor Union Attitudes toward Participation
Limitations of Participation
Managerial Concern about Participation
Concluding Thoughts
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