process of implementation of activities, thus enhancing their capabilities to anticipate for
such problems.
Mentoring and Guidance of the staff is required all times and it should not be
expected from the staff that they know it all. According to Armstrong one of the key
steps to creating a learning environment is “guide employees through their work
challenges and provide them with time, resources, and crucially feedback”.(1992, p. 609)
- Work related Autonomy: According to Newstrom (2007) empowerment is a
process which provides autonomy to the employees by sharing their job related
information and by giving control of the factors that affect their performance at work (p.
181). When greater autonomy is given to the employees they feel responsible for their
actions and the outcome of their performance. According to Sethi and King(2007)
management style has changed from controlling to empowering giving employees the
freedom of adopting their own patterns of behavior. They develop the feeling of
ownership at work and could clearly relate their role to the over all performance of the
organization. It reduces conflicts and stresses because they understand that they share the
responsibilities for the outcome and hence, their commitment increases (Newstrom, 2007,
p. 185). Mathis and Jackson (2004) have highlighted this fact as “When individuals feel
that they have some control and perceived rights in the organization, they are more likely
to be committed to the organization.” (pg. 90)
Work autonomy reduces absenteeism and eventually result in reduced turnover of
the employees. As in this case there is pressure on the employees from him and not from
outside, i.e. any manager, therefore, he feel the responsibility of delivering what is
expected from him. Sugabthi and Samuel say that motivation strategies are based on two
factors i.e. self-esteem and positive thinking and self esteem in achieved when the
individual an individual is able to understand his talents, skills and values and its
importance at work (2005). - Participative Decision Making and Planning: Participative planning means
that the employees understand the purpose of planning. Whereas, participative decision
making means that employees are involved at different level of decision making. This