EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT & PARTICIPATION Prepared by: Dr. Mohd. Shahadt Hossain Mahmud Director (Joint Secretary) Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM) Email: [email protected]
Employment/ Employer/EmployeeInvolvement/ EmpowermentEmployee
Involvement/Employee Empowerment4 Main Practices of Employee
Empowerment8 Main Factors of Employee EmpowermentProcess of
Employee EmpowermentOutcomes of Employee
EmpowermentParticipation/Element of ParticipationLadder of Citizen
Participation/3 Imp ideas in Emp. ParticipationForces affecting the
greater uses of Employee ParticipationHow Participation
WorksPre-requisite for ParticipationRespect and Participation in
Daily Life
WHAT IS EMPLOYMENT?
Relationship between parties:Based on a contract:Influenced by
factors:Important on various ground:Various types:
WHAT IS EMPLOYER?
Person/InstitutionIncluded with wide range:Governments is the
largest single employer
WHAT IS AN EMPLOYEE?
Person hired by employer :Under contract of employment:To provide
services of any modalityCompensation:Obligation and Rights:
WHAT IS INVOLVEMENT?
A necessary circumstance:To engage or employ. Scope of operation.
To include, contain, or comprehend within scope. To bring into
complicated condition. May associated in something
embarrassing
WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT?
A management practiceProvides greater autonomy to employeesEnhances
employees SAOM.Removes powerlessness and improve services.
WHAT IS EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT?
Philosophy practiced by employersInvolves managementGives employees
stake in decisions,Ensures more productivity, healthier coworker
relationships and creative thinking.Mutually exhaustive with
Employee Empowerment
WHAT IS EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT?
Distinct management practice of sharing information Provide greater
autonomy to initiate and decide.Means to enhance
productivity.Generally involves management recognizing that
employees are in a better position to oversee their own duties and
work processes. Involves the idea that employees are uniquely
positioned to identify problems and to solve them. Mutually
exhaustive with Employee Involvement
4 MAIN PRACTICES OF EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT
8 Main Factors of Employee Empowerment
THE PROCESS OF EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT
Job Mastery: training/coaching/guideControl and Accountability:
giving discretion over job and holding accountable for outcomesRole
Models: oversee peers/example of successful casesReinforcement:
praise/encouragement/feedbackSupport: reduction of
stress/anxiety/honest caring
Remove conditions of
Powerlessness
Changes Leadership Reward system Job
Enhance job-related
self-efficacy
Job Mastery Control and Accountability Role Models Reinforcement
Support
Perception of
empowerment
Competence Autonomy Job meaning Sense of impact
WHAT IS PARTICIPATION?
Mental and emotional involvement of people in group situations
that encourages them to contribute to group goals &
responsibility
Social science that refers mechanisms to express opinions and
exert influence regarding any official/ social decision.
Can take place comprehensive activity that includes economic,
political, management, cultural, familial activity.
Involvement:Motivation:Acceptance of Responsibility:
Forces affecting the greater use of employee participation:
Research resultsProductivity improvement pressuresUtilization of
workforce diversityEmployee desires for meaningEmployee desires and
expectationsEthical arguments
HOW PARTICIPAION WORKS?
The Participative Process
Situation
Participative
programs
Involvement
Mental
Emotional
Organization:
- Higher output
- Better quality
- Creativity
- Innovation
Employees:
- Acceptance
- Self-efficacy
- Less stress
- Satisfaction
Outcomes
PREREQUISITES FOR PARTICIPATION
Adequate time to participate
Potential benefits greater than the costs
Relevance to employee interest
Adequate employee abilities to deal with the subject
