Empowerment

1.1 EMPOWERMENT "Empowerment is a concept that gained popularity in the 90's and is set to continue as a popular initiative in the 21st century. It is a managerial ideology in it's own right as well as being used with other initiatives and strategies such as business process reengineering, total quality management and the learning organisation, it is strongly associated with culture change initiation, delayering and restructuring and usually involves devolving power and responsibilities to teams …

…a genuine respect for individuals. Deliberate success requires people to commit to collective goals and collaborate on their achievements. Where organizations are involved, it is also necessary that people experience an environment in which they are free to act toward the successful accomplishment of organizational goals. It is the responsibility of the organization, through its management, to create the conditions under which success is possible: an environment in which individuals may choose to be successful.