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| Year | 2011 50 Downloads |
| Volume/Issue/Review Month | Vol. - IV | Spl. Issue 4 | April |
| Title | Democratization of Corporate World Through Employee Empowerment |
| Authors | Trilok Nath Shukla , Chumki Chatterjee |
| Broad area | Democratization of Corporate World Through Employee Empowerment |
| Abstract | An organization’s human resource is its most valuable asset. The employees are the repository of knowledge, skills and abilities that can’t be imitated by the competitors. Technologies, products and processes are easily imitated by the competitors; however, at the end of the day, employees are the most strategic resource of the company. Generally, people are a firm’s most underutilized resource. And that is why management tries to empower the employees. But employees often are afraid of taking this responsibility. They fear the additional work pressure that they will have to bear as a part of being empowered. Besides, they also fear being held accountable for the decisions they make. Employee empowerment entails identifying how much responsibility and authority an individual can effectively handle without becoming over-burdened or distressed. Empowerment includes supervisors and employees working together to establish clear goals and expectations within agreed-upon boundaries. In this paper all the aspects of employee empowerment which leads to democratic decision making is discussed. |
| DOI | Employee empowerment is a two sided coin. For employees to be empowered the management leadership must want and believe that employee empowerment makes good business sense and employees must act. Let us be clear about one thing immediately, employee empow |
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