Jeff asks:
>If you were attending a four hour workshop on the subject of empowerment
>and empowering workers in all levels of an organization, What would make
>the workshop valuable to you? What would you want covered and how would
>you like it presented, small groups, individual exercises etc.?
This one seems like a Rohrshack test: we'll reveal what is bugging
us about our own organizations in our responses! Here's mine:
I'd want to hear about how to empower myself, despite
organizational inertia, bureaucracy, lack of consultation and so on. What
can individuals do to productively revolutionize the corner where they
are? How can one build "islands of autonomy" and cooperation in the teeth
of organizational norms and rules to the contrary?
Sam
MXJELI@MAIL.WM.EDU
Mariann Jelinek
Richard C. Kraemer Professor of Business
Graduate School of Business,
College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Tel. (804) 221-2882 FAX: (804) 229-6135
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