Empowerment takes more than a minute / Ken Blanchard, John P. Carlos, Alan Randolph.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanchard, Kenneth H.

Contributor:

Carlos, John P.

Randolph, W. Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee empowerment.

Delegation of authority.

Decentralization in management.

Physical Description:

xvii, 135 p. : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2001.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute tells the story of a young manager whose attempts to turn his troubled company around through traditional top-down, command-and-control management are failing. Reluctantly, he contacts an expert in empowerment, even though he feels like he's already tried that too. Step by step, the expert helps him understand why his past and present efforts have fallen short and exactly what he needs to do to create an empowered workforce. The process as it unfolds is complex, paradoxical and counterintuitive -but well worth the effort. The new introduction dispels the notion that empowerment is a bygone fad. No matter what its name, the essential concept-that organizations can achieve extraordinary results by recognizing and taking advantage of the skills, experience, and knowledge already existing in the organization-will always be relevant. The new epilogue describes obstacles companies have encountered and overcome and outlines empowerment strategies that have proved successful during the fifteen years the authors have been consulting, researching, and refining these concepts. Although sometimes arduous, the journey to empowerment is well worth making. In fact, unleashing the power of people in an organization may be the only way to continue to do business in a competitive, complicated marketplace.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Introduction to the Second Edition

The Challenge

The Empowering Manager

The Land Of Empowerment

The First Key: Share Accurat Einformation with everyone

The Second Key: Create Autonomy through Boundaries

The Third Key: Replace Hierarchical Thinking with Self-managed Teams

The Three Keys in Dynamic Interaction

Give Everyone the Information to Act

Boundaries are Guidelines for Action

Allow Teams to Become Self-managed

Persist in Your Belief in Empowerment

The Empowerment Game Plan

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Services Available.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612299261

9781282299269

1282299263

9781605093390

1605093394

OCLC:

503009306