Question

Which statement is true of employee empowerment? A) Managers should ensure that employees are not linked to resources outside the organization, such as customers. B) Jobs must be designed to give employees the necessary latitude for making a variety of decisions. C) Employee empowerment shifts the recruiting focus away from cognitive and interpersonal skills toward general technical skills. D) Employee empowerment prevents holding employees accountable for the products and services they developed. E) Proper training must be provided only to supervisors so that they can exert their wider authority.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) Jobs must be designed to give employees the necessary latitude for making a variety of decisions.

Explanation:

The employee empowerment aims to provide resources and skills necessary for employees to have freedom and make their own decisions.

The organizational structure of a company will directly influence how employees are motivated or not to make certain decisions. In companies with a horizontal organizational structure, which is more flexible, there is an incentive for employees to make their decisions, which is a process that encourages innovation, engages employees, makes employment more motivating and valued, reduces response time of a decision and makes the decision-making process less bureaucratic and rigid.