Empowerment in Modern Organizations - Determinants and Benefits

• Autorzy: Paweł Wójcik

Warianty tytułu

Uwarunkowania i korzyści empowermentu we współczesnych organizacjach

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The objective of the paper is to present empowerment from various perspectives, indicate its determinants and applications in modern organizations. The paper is theoretical and informational in character. Empowerment revolving around the inclusion of employees in the decision-making process and development of their tangible influence upon the organization's operations constitutes an answer to needs of modern enterprises. The paper reviews definitions of empowerment, describes its elements from the point of view of employees and companies, and presents benefits and costs of empowerment incurred by the organization. A review of studies pertaining to the impact of empowerment on organizations was also conducted.(original abstract)

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie ujęcia empowermentu z różnych perspektyw, jego uwarunkowań i zastosowania we współczesnych organizacjach. Opracowanie ma charakter teoretyczno-poglądowy. Empowerment, polegający na włączeniu pracowników w proces podejmowania decyzji i rozwijania ich realnego wpływu na funkcjonowanie organizacji, stanowi odpowiedź na potrzeby współczesnego przedsiębiorstwa. W artykule dokonano przeglądu defiicji empowermentu, opisano jego elementy z punktu widzenia pracownika i przedsiębiorstwa oraz przedstawiono korzyści i koszty empowermentu ponoszone przez organizację. Dokonano też przeglądu badań dotyczących wpływu empowermentu na organizację.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Empowerment; Human Resources Management (HRM); Decision making process

PL

Empowerment; Zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi; Proces podejmowania decyzji

• Czasopismo: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sectio H. Oeconomia
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 51
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 161--172

Twórcy

autor

Paweł Wójcik

• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

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DOI

10.17951/h.2017.51.3.161