...disabilities, handicaps and inequalities. It is an active multi- dimensional process which would enable women to realise their full identity and powers in all spheres of life. It would consist in providing greater access to knowledge and resources, greater autonomy in decision-making, greater ability to plan their lives, greater control over the circumstances that influence their lives and freedom from the shackles imposed on them by custom, belief and practice. Empowerment does not mean setting women against men. Indeed, it means making both men and women realise their changing roles and status and develop a consensus for harmonious living in the context of an egalitarian society. It means redistribution of work roles, re-orienting their values to the changing world and attitudes and evolving new kinds of adjustments, understanding and trust with each other. It is a new ideology for carrying democratic values into the family and society. It demands a basic change in the social system. The philosophy of women’s empowerment needs a total rehauling of the Indian...
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...many other universities, but also a school with a strong set of core values that can be applied to the outside world. One of those Marywood values is empowerment and also service. Empowerment is a value that uplifts a person so they can achieve their full potential. These values are clearly seen in the novel A Good Man by Mark Shriver the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou. The core value empowerment is notably expressed throughout the poem “Still I Rise.” Throughout the poem, Angelou continues to say “I rise” in a way that indicates she wishes to empower and overcome all obstacles. She states the following: “Does my sexiness upset you Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I’ve got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?” (Angelou)...
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...concept that a supportive professional practice environment allows for an empowering and successful nursing practice. All but one of the studies, reference Rosabeth Moss Kanter's model of organizational empowerment and further outline how utilization of this model can be useful in creating meaningful work environments for professional nurses. Two studies discuss newly graduated nurses, their organizational commitment and reasons for possible burnout while the other study considers the empowerment needs of the advanced practice nurse. Generally defined, empowerment is a multidimensional social process that helps people gain control over their own lives. It is a process that encourages power (that is, the ability to influence) in people, for use in their own lives, their communities, and in their society, encouraging action on those issues that are found to be of importance. As stated by Chinn and Kramer (2011) it is the growing ability of individuals and groups to exercise their will to have their voices heard, and to claim their full human potential. The author acknowledges the importance of empowering professional nurses for successful practice and finds Kanter’s model an excellent tool to achieve positive outcomes. EMPOWERING NURSES 3 The Importance of Empowering Nurses Imagine reporting to work and being informed that the supervisor has called for a registered nurse to respond to a different floor. You have volunteered twice this week and politely...
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...Micro enterprise is a low level or small business unit run on the basis of single or group ownership. Micro entrepreneurship promotes entrepreneurial potential among women. It reduces economic dependency and encourages all round development of a community. Empowerment means the process of change by which a person or a group acquire power or capability over their existence such as prosperity availability of resources, increased self-confidence and decision making power. Women empowerment refers to the complete liberation of women from socio economic dependency and impoverishment. Women empowerment leads to economic growth, poverty reduction, increased well-being, etc. Self Help Group (SHGs) based microfinance programme is a...
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...to develop service culture, which will in turn improve service quality. The purpose of this article is to determine the relative importance of six HRM practices in terms of their impact on culture. A questionnaire survey of medium and large-sized UK service businesses was conducted. The results reveal that there is a strong association between culture and HRM practices, and that some management practices are more strongly associated with culture than others. Further research should explore the reasons why some HRM practices are more contributory to culture than others. Service businesses in pursuit of service quality should make use of these HRM practices for developing service culture in their organisations. This research has confirmed a strong association between culture and HRM practices, and also clarified the relative importance of HRM practices in terms of their impact on culture in order to improve service quality. Keywords: culture; HRM; services Introduction This article investigates the relative importance of six Human Resources Management (HRM) practices in terms of their impact on culture in order to improve service quality. In a previous study, it was found that there were, broadly speaking, seven practices which affect service quality: these encompass six HRM practices, namely, recruitment and selection, training, teamwork, empowerment, performance appraisals and reward (including measurement and recognition), communication (two-way, internal), and the seventh practice...
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...The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0959-6119.htm IJCHM 23,6 The effects of employee empowerment on employee job satisfaction A study on hotels in Turkey Elbeyi Pelit School of Tourism and Hotel Management, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey 784 Received 22 April 2010 Revised 31 July 2010 8 October 2010 28 December 2010 18 February 2011 Accepted 26 February 2011 ¨ ¨ ¨ Yuksel Ozturk ¨ ¸ Faculty of Tourism, Gazi University, Golbası-Ankara, Turkey, and ¨ Yalcın Arslanturk ¸ ¨ ¸ Faculty of Commerce and Tourism Education, Gazi University, Golbası-Ankara, Turkey Abstract Purpose – The main objective of this study is to determine the impact of employee empowerment on job satisfaction. To serve this purpose, empowerment is taken into consideration as two dimensions – i.e. behavioral and psychological – and the effect of employee empowerment on the level of job satisfaction was examined by taking these two dimensions into consideration as a whole and separately. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was employed in order to collect data on job satisfaction as well as behavioral and psychological empowerment. The data collected were analyzed through correlation and regression analyses. The study covered 1,854 participants employed at five-star hotels in Turkey. Findings – The findings suggest that the most positive aspects related to job satisfaction are relations with the colleagues...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON The Impact of Empowerment on Employee Effectiveness and Employee Responsiveness in Banking sector of Mysore Submitted by Deeksha.B USN-4JC10MBA35 Submitted to VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELGAUM, INDIA In December 2011 In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the award of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Under the guidance of Mr Girish Baga Assistant Professor Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering, Mysore Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysore 570006 Autonomous institution affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University DECLARATION I,Deeksha.B , USN 4JC10MBA35 a student of Master of Business Administration at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, JSS Technical Institution Campus, Mysore, India hereby declare that this project report titled “The Impact of Empowerment on Employee Effectiveness and Employee Responsiveness” is a record of an original and independent work carried out by me during the period july to december in the 3rd semester of the course under the guidance of Mr. Girish Baga Master of Business Administration, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, JSS Technical Institution Campus, Mysore, India submitted to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Masters of Business Administration. I further declare that this project work and...
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...including:social work, psychology, education, community psychology, and nursing. In addition,Empowerment concept is lately used in different phenomenon, such as: studentempowerment, empowerment of teachers, empowerment of patient and empowerment of nurses. From reviewing the related literature of the concept in the nursing field, there is nospecific definition of empowerment because it is used depending on the writer and theframework of his/ her paper.According to (Norries, 1982) one of the major problems with the nursing science isthat its concepts are words that lack the elements of the system that are necessary for ascientific discipline (e.g. categories, taxonomies and rules). For that, the writer will present aconcept analysis of empowerment which will identify and examine its attributes,characteristics, antecedents, consequences and uses of the concept in the nursing field.According to the assumptions for this concept analysis paper, the writer believes that eachnurse manager must empower his/her followers' autonomy, accountability, decision makingabilities, problem solving, and managerial skills.Usually an analysis of the concept is held to clarify its meaning and to show therelations of its elements in various fields. In this paper the concept of empowerment will bestudied in the field of nursing to clarify its meaning to develop nursing knowledge base andto show its importance in this profession. As the writer believes that when the nurses areempowered, the productivity...
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...Leadership in Nursing Lisa Starnes University of Mount Olive Leadership in Nursing Leadership has many different types of theories associated with it. In the article, Authentic Leadership, Empowerment and Burnout: A Comparison in New Graduates and Experienced Nurses, Laschinger, Wong, and Grau (2013) “examine the effect of authentic leadership and structural empowerment on the emotional exhaustion and cynicism of new graduates and experienced acute-care nurses” (p. 541). Retaining nurses is critical, especially since the current workforce is reaching retirement age, in regards to the maintaining patient care standards. However, more nurses are reporting increased stress levels, dissatisfaction with the difficult working environments, as well as health concerns. In Canada, a government study identified that nurses absentee rates related to illness were 58% higher than any other labor force (Laschinger, Wong, & Grau, 2013, p. 541). Depression, as well as poor physical health are a few conditions resulting from the stress nurses experience from difficult working conditions. Nursing burnout affects more than just the nurse’s health, it also affects the quality of care the patient receives, which in turn links to increased mortality rates (Laschinger et al., 2013, p. 542). In addition, Laschinger et al. (2013) point out that with the current nursing shortage, healthy working environments must be implemented to retain experienced, as well as new graduate nurses from leaving...
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...ABSTRACT Gender is a common term where as gender discrimination is meant only for women, because females are the only victims of gender discrimination. Females are nearly 50 percent of the total population but their representation in public life is very low. Recognizing women’s right and believing their ability are essential for women’s empowerment and development. This study deals with gender discrimination in India, its various forms and its causes. Importance of women in development, legislation for women and solution for gender discrimination are also discussed in this paper. Key Words: gender discrimination, women’s development, legislation for women, education, employment, economic independence, empowerment, decision making and self confidence. GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA Introduction Gender is a common term where as gender discrimination is meant only for women, because females are the only victims of gender discrimination. Gender discrimination is not biologically determined but it is determined by socially and the discrimination can be changed by the proper and perpetuate efforts. Denial of equality, rights and opportunity and suppresment in any form on the basis of gender is gender discrimination. Half of the world’s population is females. They are doing two-third of work of the total work in the world but received only one-tenth of the world’s total income. Nearly two-third of the women is...
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...Employee Empowerment Policies and Procedures Paulina Hinesley Sandeep Malhi Tamera McInnis Tiffany Neal Webster University HRDV 5630 June 19, 2012 Employee Empowerment Policies and Procedures Organizations that recognize the value and importance of their employees’ ideas are always more sucessful. They understand that the heart of every business is within its workforce and without it there’s nothing. The individual is one of the most critical celements in any large-scale organizational change (Brown, 2011). Employee empowerment is a vital tool in shaping the personal and collective goals of an organization. Positive change is inevitable once a corporation posesses a confident, proactive and self-sufficient workforce. A growing number of today’s companies are not only concerened but are doing something about the way they manage their employees (Brown, 2011). They’re initiating the necessary steps toward creating employee pride, responsibility, and empowermnet. It’s also becoming a corporate priority to invest in the developement and enhancement of workforce knowledge, perforamce, and well being. Policies and Procedures Open Door Policy. This communication method is used to promote a sense of openness and trust amongst management and its workforce. It allows employees to feel comfortable addressing questions and concerns, to any level of management, without the fear of repercussions. Companies that practice this policy have happier, self-managed...
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...Chapter 1 – Introduction 1.1 The need to Enhance Performance The most imperative holdings any organization posses, will be its "individuals". At the point when these individuals will be despondent, unmotivated, or feel separated from the general workings in their organization, the whole association experiences low benefit, low assurance, and high worker turn over. In request to face the challenges and intensity in the business world, numerous organisations have made strides to expand adequacy of the employees and thus the benefit. The work execution will be really the item of an employee's motivation and capability. The capacity and aptitudes will be in this way procured through preparing, while on the work execution will be additionally obliged (Schiller, 1996). Late studies have demonstrated, that the fulfilled employees tend to be more effective, inventive, and devoted to their employees (Syptak, M.david, and Ulmer, 1996). 1.2 Motivation is the key to Performance Motivation is the way to employee execution. Profoundly energetic employees are considered to be genuine holdings for any organisation. When inspired, they fundamentally tend to be more effective, vigorous, and will be exceptionally much enthusiastic to take an extra obligation (David, 2005). At the end of the day, a spurred employee is essentially a profitable representative, and accordingly gainful workers can...
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...Motivation and Empowerment Paper Trina Dorsey, Latoya Jenkins, Mercheryl Moore, Sharlanda Smith-Lazard & Burnell Thompson CJA474 September 25, 2015 Laura Gremillion, Facilitator Introduction In the world of criminal justice organizations motivation and empowerment are of importance. In any organization, to be successful, motivation and empowerment from the employees are crucial. In policing, instead of being fearful with the thought of doing something wrong, there are officers who are achievement-oriented and who expend maximum effort when he or she is in the field (Gui, 2012). Both motivation and empowerment are of great importance in relation to the success on the philosophies, which involve problem solving techniques, COMPSTAT, and community policing. All personnel of a criminal justice organization are expected to take ownership of his or her assigned areas and activities while being more proactive in his or her duties. Everything in the world of criminal justice involves strong communication skills, and communication brings motivation and empowerment to others of the organization (Terrill, 2014). Compare motivation and empowerment The meaning of motivation and empowerment are somewhat similar but also very different. These terms have several different meanings. Motivation is a noun and a behavioral description of stimulation, enthusiasm, ambition, or inspiration. According to The Free Dictionary (2014), motivation...
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...1. Introduction This paper focusses on proactive behaviour in organisations and how this can be stimulated by implementing certain human resource practices. Scientific research on these subjects has been done and can be of added value in practise. The first chapter elaborates on the concept of proactive behaviour. 2. What is proactive behaviour? A review of the literature shows that several conceptualizations have been used to define proactive behaviour. Yet, based on Crant (2000), I regard proactive behaviour as a set of characteristics of an individual that includes acting in advance of a future situation, rather than just reacting. It means taking control and making things happen instead of adjusting to a situation or waiting for something to happen. Based on the literature I believe that proactive behaviour occurs on an individual level and people showing this kind of behaviour are able to trigger changes in an organisation. The general concept of proactivity that consists of four different constructs of proactive behaviours (proactive personality, persons initiative, role breath self-efficacy and taking charge) seem to support my believe. Crant (2000) describes that each construct considers the way in which an employee approaches and defines his or her work, focusing on efforts to improve things in the workplace. Yet, there is insufficient research to draw any conclusions about the relative usefulness of the four constructs. It is important to note that a differentiation...
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...ob : organization behaiviour14 Organisation Strategy and Structure 542 The importance of strategy 543 SWOT analysis 545 Organisational goals 546 Objectives and policy 549 Dimensions of organisation structure 551 The importance of good structure 552 Levels of organisation 553 Underlying features of organisation structure 555 Division of work 557 Centralisation and decentralisation 560 Principles of organisation 561 Span of control 562 The chain of command 563 The importance of the hierarchy 564 Formal organisational relationships 566 Project teams and matrix organisation 569 Effects of a deficient organisation structure 572 Organisation charts 573 Empowerment and control 574 Synopsis 576 Review and discussion questions 577 Management in the news: A taxing merger 577 Assignments 1 and 2 578 Personal awareness and skills exercise 579 Case study: Zara: a dedicated follower of fashion 580 Notes and references 582 15 Patterns of Structure and Work Organisation 585 Variables influencing organisation structure 586 The contingency approach 586 Size of organisation 588 Technology 589 The Woodward study 589 Major dimensions of technology: the work of Perrow 593 Environment 594 The Burns and Stalker study 594 ‘Mixed’ forms of organisation structure 595 The Lawrence and Lorsch study 597 Evaluation of the contingency approach 598 Contribution of contingency theory 600 Culture as a contingent factor 601 The changing face of the workplace 603 The demand...
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