empowerment LO21111

Swan, Steve R. SETA CONTR (SwanSR@ftknox-dtdd-emh5.army.mil)
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 08:33:51 -0500

Replying to LO21079 --

And more.

An organizational behavior study in the making. I have seen a fair number
of organizations (or leadership situations) where empowerment =
abandonment. To use direction (an active interaction) in the operational
definition is CRITICAL! And, it becomes an element of measuring success.

>> Allyson Macdonald asked:
>>
>>empowerment = control x authority x ?
>
>This looks a little like the definition I offered some time back:
> empowerment = direction x authority x freedom
>
>"Birren, David E" <BirreD@mail01.dnr.state.wi.us>

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