Empowerment in Organizations: Volume 3 Issue 3

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/09684899510815483. When citing the…

Building an inclusive organization

Michael Simmons

Sets out to discover how best to encourage workers to give theirenergy and commitment. Rejects the view that people are solely motivatedby material advantage and stresses the…

AMD′s Journey to Excellence

Paul Pence, Kris Lunderman

Describes the “Journey to Excellence” (JTE) empowermentprogram at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Emphasizes the role of twolower level managers in promoting its progress. Shows how…

Headquarters‐foreign subsidiary control relationships: three conceptual frameworks

Carl A. Rodrigues

When a corporation establishes a subsidiary in a foreign country,its managers must decide how much control they need to maintain over thesubsidiary′s managers. A…

Theorizing empowerment in the UK public services

Louise Morley

Explores the concept of empowerment and raises questions about thereason for its rise to dominance as a current discourse in the UK publicservices. Notes that empowerment may be a…

McGraw‐Hill/London House studies the human side of TQM

Linda R. Logan

Based on the interview with Dr Jeff Jolton, discussing studyresults at the 1995 Annual Quality Congress. Categorizes characteristicsof quality, and details which organizations…