SCENARIO 7-2 There Is Little Consensus on What Empowerment Means.One Study of Study

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SCENARIO 7-2
There is little consensus on what empowerment means.One study of executives identified two definitions.Some executives consider empowerment to be mostly about delegating within predefined parameters.Others consider empowerment to be about giving employees the latitude to make their own decisions and providing them with the information,tools,and the authority to act.

-Referring to SCENARIO 7-2,while you are making your pitch to your superiors,one of them asks,"How will you know if your employees truly feel empowered?" At this point in your presentation,you show them the characteristics that empowered people have in common,based on research.Your list will state that employees

• A)don't necessarily need to have an ownership mentality.
• B)must have a sense of self-determination.
• C)must have a low sense of competence.
• D)don't necessarily need to be recognized for their efforts.
• E)don't necessarily need to know or understand the values of the company

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