Question: BUILDING TEAM SKILLS
By increasing employees' participation in decision making, empowerment makes workers feel more involved in their jobs and the operations of the organization. While empowerment may seem like a commonsense idea, it is a concept not found universally in the workplace. If you had empowerment in your job, how would you describe it?
Assignment: 1. Use brainstorming to explore the concept of empowerment.
a. Write each letter of the word empowerment in a vertical column on a sheet of paper or on the classroom chalkboard.
b. Think of several words that begin with each letter.
c. Write the words next to the appropriate letter.
2. Formulate a statement by choosing one word from each letter that best describes what empowerment means to you.
3. Analyze the statement.
a. How relevant is the statement for you in terms of empowerment? Or empowerment in your workplace?
b. What changes must occur in your workplace for you to have empowerment?
c. How would you describe yourself as an empowered employee?
d. What opportunities would empowerment give to you in your workplace?
4. Prepare a report of your findings.