Presentation on employee participatio

involvement and
Empowerment

Employee participation
Employee participation is the
process whereby employees
are involved in decision
making process, rather than
simply acting on orders.
Employee participation is part
of
the
process
of
empowerment
in
the

NEEDS OF EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPATION

Employee participation is in part a response to

the quality movement within organizations.

Employee participation is also part of the move

towards human resource development in modern
organisations.
Employee participation is required to take steps
to ensure their own health and safety and that of
others.

EXAMPLES OF EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPATION
Project teams or quality circles in
which employees work on project or
tasks with considerable responsibility
being delegated to them.
Consultation exercises and meetings
whereby employees are encouraged
to share ideas.
Delegation of responsibility within the
organization.

Suggestion schemes where employees

are given channels whereby they can
suggests new ideas to managers within
the organization. Often they will receive
rewards
for
making
appropriate
suggestions.

Multi-channel
decision
making
process. In such situations decisions are
made not only in a downward direction,
they also result from communications
upwards, sideways and in many other
directions within the organization.

EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AND

EMPOWERMENT
Employee involvement
Employee involvement means that every
employee is regarded as a unique human
being, not just a cog in a machine, and each
employee is involved in helping the
organization
meets
its
goals.
Each
employees input is solicited and valued by
his/her
management.
Employees
and
management recognize that each employee
is involved in running the business.

In other words employee involvement

can also be defined as the regular
participation of employees in :
i. How their work is done,
ii. Making suggestions for improvement,
iii.goal setting,
iv.Planning, and
v. Monitoring of their performance.

EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT
Employee empowerment refers
to enlargement of an employees
job responsibilities by giving him
the authority of decision making
about his own job without
approval
of
his
immediate
supervisor.

Employee empowerment also

means that management
recognizes this ability, and
provides the employees with tools
and authority required to
continuously improve their
performance. The management
states its expectations about
employees recognizing and solving
problems, and empowers them to
do so.

DRAWBACKS
RIVALRY WITHIN AND ACROSS TEAMS
A SHORTAGE OF TIME AND SKILLS IN
THE TEAM TO DEAL WITH
CONVENTIONAL MANAGEMANT
CONCERNS LIKE HIRING, TRAINING, AND
RESOLVING INTERPERSONAL DISPUTES.
DIFFICULTY APPRAISING EMPLOYEES IN
THE ABSENCE OF A TRADITIONAL
MANAGEMENT FIGURE.

How to implement employee

involvement and empowerment?

i. Giving employees the

responsibility,
ii. Training employees to accept
the responsibility,
iii. Communicating and giving
feedbacks, and
iv. Giving rewards and
recognization.

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