Introduction to Employee Empowerment, Need, Benefits, Types, Dimensions, Barriers.

1. EMPLOYEE
EMPOWERMENT
PRESENTED BY: NEERAJ GARWAL

2. Index
• Introduction
• Need
• Importance
• Types
• Dimensions
• Barriers
• References

3. Introduction
• Empowerment is the process of giving employees in the organisation the
power, authority, responsibility, resources, freedom to take decisions and
solve work related problems.
• The empowered employee becomes “self-directed” and “self-controlled”.
• Empowerment focuses on employees to make use of their full potential.
• Empowerment is the process of giving employees in the organisation the power,
authority, responsibility, resources, freedom to take decisions and solve work related
problems.
• Employee Empowerment in work setting means giving employees the means, ability,
and authority to do something. It involves efforts to take full advantage of
organisation’s human resources by giving everyone more information and control
over how they perform their jobs.

4. Need for Employee empowerment
a) To Meet Changing Environment and the changing
expectations
b) Changing structures of organisation to achieve their
objectives.
c) Cross-functional working
d) Employee Satisfaction
e) Provide opportunities to the employees at lower levels

5. Employee Empowerment –Benefits
• Increased Productivity
• Reduced Costs
• Improved Quality
• Competitive Edge
• Better Job Satisfaction and Retention of Employees

6. Types of Employee Empowerment
1.Suggestion Involvement
2.Job Involvement
3.High Involvement

7. Employee Empowerment – Dimensions
•Self-determination
•Meaningfulness
•Competence
•Feeling of impact

8. Barriers to Empowering Employees
• Incongruent Organization Culture
• Rigid Control Systems
• Inadequate Delegation of Authority

9. References
• https://www2.slideshare.net/ManishManoj1/presentation-on-employee-
empowerment
• https://www2.slideshare.net/saadejaz96/employee-empowerment-20356569
• https://www.economicsdiscussion.net/human-resource-
management/employee-empowerment/31827
• https://asq.org/quality-resources/employee-
empowerment#:~:text=Employee%20empowerment%20is%20defined%20as,d
ay%2Dto%2Dday%20activities.