Effective Authorization (Paili Management Knowledge Base) 2

Author: KENNETHLMURRELL
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Publish Date: 2002-05-10
Features: In the last decade of the 20th century, empowerment became one of the most commonly used terms in management. Unfortunately, it also became one of the most misused concepts. Empowerment does not mean giving others more power. In fact, we may not have done that. Instead, empowerment makes the institutions we are part of more efficient and makes them better places to spend most of our lives. Empowerment lies in creating an environment that enhances implementation and enables people to engage in proper evaluation. In the last decade of the 20th century, empowerment became one of the most commonly used terms in management. Unfortunately, it also became one of the most misused concepts. Empowerment does not mean giving others more power. In fact, we may not have done that. Instead, empowerment makes the institutions we are part of more efficient and makes them better places to spend most of our lives. Empowerment lies in creating an environment that enhances implementation and enables people to engage in proper evaluation.
The purpose of writing this book is to encourage us to delve deeper into the study of empowerment without being misled by its literal meaning. It aims to inform us on how to introduce the specific meaning of the term "empowerment" into the workplace; to explain that empowerment does not mean the loss of power for managers but rather establishes a new mechanism for everyone, including managers, to gain power; to show how decentralization helps managers become better leaders; to clarify that employees cannot passively wait for empowerment; and to depict how employers and employees can grow and become more knowledgeable in their work, thereby becoming more employable and ultimately achieving greater fulfillment.
In summary, after establishing a workplace with greater authority, the power of everyone in the organization will increase. Empowerment is not merely about the increase of individual or group power; it has a deeper significance—it enhances the power of everyone. Achieving these profound and lasting impacts of power is the theme of this book. We introduce some basic knowledge about empowerment to guide you, and we hope you can share some of these techniques with others. This book tells the stories of fictional characters whose experiences with empowerment are based on reality, and we hope you can apply the insights you gain from them. This book explores the meaning and value of empowerment as we understand it. We hope you and your organization are empowered and continue to strive to improve your level of empowerment, setting new standards for researchers of empowerment issues. In fact, empowerment is a mutual influence, a sharing of knowledge, and the creation of power. We hope we can share this theory together.