Title :
Empower the future: A culture of empowerment Ȕ The link to organisational effectiveness
Author :
Frerk, J. ; Mbohwa, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Quality & Oper. Manage., Univ. of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Abstract :
In a world where today´s technology is yesterday´s news, organisations will need to empower their employees to be nimble and to become organisational change enablers in order to ensure the organisation has the ability to manage and adapt to the huge competitive pressures. These pressures are further exacerbated by the rapid evolution of technological advances and the rapid deconstruction of global boundaries. Continued process improvement projects, business process re-engineering and escalating cost reduction pressures are now the normal cognitive activities which occupy senior managers in their day-to-day routines.
Keywords :
business process re-engineering; industrial psychology; management of change; organisational aspects; personnel; business process reengineering; competitive pressures; cost reduction; employee empowerment; organisational change; organisational culture; Adaptation models; Decision making; Educational institutions; Lead; Presses; Psychology; Effectiveness; Empowerment; Psychological;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2012.6838000