ISSN: 0968-4891
Currently published as: Participation and Empowerment: An International Journal
Online from: 1993
Subject Area: Organization Studies
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| Title: | Turning a system loose with empowerment: reflections on an intervention in South Africa |
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| Author(s): | Kristine Sullivan, (Sullivan Consulting Group, Shorewood, Minnesota, USA) |
| Citation: | Kristine Sullivan, (1998) "Turning a system loose with empowerment: reflections on an intervention in South Africa", Empowerment in Organizations, Vol. 6 Iss: 2, pp.51 - 56 |
| Keywords: | Banking, Empowerment, Planning, South Africa, Strategic planning |
| Article type: | Case study |
| DOI: | 10.1108/14634449810210724 (Permanent URL) |
| Publisher: | MCB UP Ltd |
| Abstract: | Empowerment is a term most misused in today's business world. This article shows how a firm in South Africa used empowerment to build coherence, clarity, clear direction and identified perimeter's identified by an executive or leadership team through the use of the 2,000 people in the organization in four weeks. It discusses the use of large scale organizational change initiatives and their use in building empowered systems. |
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