Replying to LO26224 --
Felicia,
Whether or not the employees can be engaged in improving the work process
depends entirely on the management belief system. If the managers do not
believe in the workers ability and if the structure is not appropriate
then empowerment becomes impossible.
If the structure is right and they believe in the workers then empowerment
can happen.
Some of the requirements are
Purpose agreed upon and accepted
A way to make change
Resources
Time
Money
Support
Maintenance
Engineering
Etc
Enough structure to make decisions
Faith in people
Training
Problem solving
Meetings
Clear ways of filling company and personal needs at the same time
There are more
Engaging the work force is easy but it doesn't just happen because
managers want teams. They must form the right structure.
I hope this little bit helps. Good luck
Gene
Eugene Taurman
interLinx
http://www.execpc.com/~ilx
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