Empowerment through Employee Involvement and Participation

Abstract

Paul Banas, manager of employee development and planning at Ford Motor Company, notes that "Employee commitment ... is the bedrock of all corporate strategies" and that corporations' "plans for the future will succeed or fail depending on how well the total employee team responds to them'' [1]. The real key to whether organizations will be successful in the future will depend on whether these employees' managers can learn how to obtain this employee commitment. Earlier, we underscored the importance of obtaining commitment through employee involvement. There is also another means of securing employee commitment.Paul Banas of Ford, stresses that:There also is great value in providing employees with meaningful opportunities for professional and personal development. It is the natural complement to employee cooperation and commitment. The more sophisticated, the more knowledgeable, and the more capable the members of the team are, the more they can contribute. A better educated and developed workforce is vital not only to an employee's future but is critical for our nation as well. Life-long learning will be a requirement for every employee [1]. Joint Employee Development and TrainingFord Motor Company and its union, the United Auto Workers (UAW), have developed a unique and comprehensive approach to employee training and development. In 1982, Ford and UAW

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