After attending a management seminar on empowerment, you have ...

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After attending a management seminar on empowerment, you have decided to issue a memo telling your employees they are now empowered. Will this work?
 
  A) Yes, you can give someone empowerment.
  B) No, most people want to avoid the responsibilities associated with empowerment.
  C) No, a manager cannot empower others, but he can help them empower themselves.

Question 2

Someone who works close to personal potential is usually a person who
 
  A) places credentials ahead of good human relations.
  B) realizes one is born with a certain amount of potential that cannot be changed.
  C) is self-motivated.
  D) is satisfied with the status quo.

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C
Explanation: A) Incorrect. You may give someone power, but that does not empower them. True empowerment is an individual decision and choice. Managers can only facilitate it by creating conditions ideal for self-empowerment.
B) Incorrect. People tend to seek responsibility, which comes along with empowermentit gives them self-control, self-importance, and self-liberation.
C) Correct. True empowerment is an individual decision and choice. Managers can only facilitate it by creating conditions ideal for self-empowerment.

Answer to Question 2

C

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