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6 PSDM Empowerment
6 PSDM Empowerment
WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT?
WHAT IS THE PIG ?
DISCUSS
“WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT”
LOOKING FOR DEFINITIONS?
Empowerment is (1)
“…a process of enhancing feelings of self-efficacy
among organisational members through the
identification of conditions that foster powerlessness
and through their removal by both formal
organisational practices and informal techniques of
providing efficacy information
(Conger and Kanungo, 1988: 474).
Empowerment:
sharing power in such a
way that individuals learn
to believe in their ability
to do the job!
Empowerment is (2b)
“ Making employees full partners in the
decision-making process and giving
them the necessary tools and rewards “
Power is viewed as an unlimited resource.
Traditional authoritarian managers feel
threatened.
Empowerment is (3)
“a process by which people gain control over
their lives, democratic participation in the life
of their community”
(Rappaport, 1981 cited in Perkins and Zimmerman, 1995:569).
•Empowered •Empowering
•Passive •Active
•Powerful feeling •Power Sharing
Dimensi Pemberdayaan (2)
Process
TOP-DOWN BOTTOM-UP
Organisational
Psychology/ HRM
Behaviour
Psychological/ Structural/
Motivational Relational
Community
Psychology Politics
Bottom-up/
Subordinate
rights