WMGM102-Principles of Management

Essay Topic:

Employee Empowerment

Essay Backgournd

“With recent changes in the work environment in response to increasingly competitive demands for higher performance, and elevated organizational needs for their employees to cope with constant change in the external environment … employee empowerment has received noticeable attention in organizational research and practice” (Cheong, Spain, Yammarino & Yun, 2016)

Related Question

Critically discuss worker empowerment by leaders and its outcome. Your critical discussion should respond to the following related questions:

1. Describe the notion of “empowerment” and empowering leadership.

2. Explain why worker empowerment is viewed as valuable in today’s business environment.

3. Discuss the impacts of empowering leadership.

4. Analyse whether the outcomes of empowering leadership are more desirable or undesirable.