Chapter 8 - Empowering and Engaging Others

Question 1

What is empowerment?

Answer 1

is based on assumptions that are different from those associated with motivating others or influencing others. It means providing freedom for people to successfully do what they want to do, rather than getting them to do what you want them to do.

Question 2

Managers who empower people remove what?

Answer 2

controls, constraints, and boundaries for them instead of motivating, directing, or influencing them.

Question 3

Empowerment is what type of strategy for motivating others?

Answer 3

A pull strategy and is intrinsic in nature

Question 4

Read the following sentence and choose Power or Empowerment as the result.
The capacity to get others to do what you want is?

Answer 4

Power

Question 5

Read the following sentence and choose Power or Empowerment as the result.
The capacity to get others to do what they want is?

Answer 5

Empowerment

Question 6

Read the following sentence and choose Power or Empowerment as the result.
To get more does not affect how much others have is?

Answer 6

Empowerment

Question 7

Read the following sentence and choose Power or Empowerment as the result.
Leads to competition is?

Answer 7

Power

Question 8

The difference between power and empowerment is (power or empowerment)
Ultimately, few people have it is?

Answer 8

Power

Question 9

Read the following sentence and choose Power or Empowerment as the result.
Comes from and external source is?

Answer 9

Power

Question 10

Read the following sentence and choose Power or Empowerment as the result.
Comes from an internal source is?

Answer 10

Empowerment

Question 11

Read the following sentence and choose Power or Empowerment as the result.
To get more implies taking it away from someone else is?

Answer 11

Power

Question 12

Read the following sentence and choose Power or Empowerment as the result.
Ultimately, everyone can have it is?

Answer 12

Empowerment

Question 13

Read the following sentence and choose Power or Empowerment as the result.
Leads to cooperation is?

Answer 13

Empowerment

Question 14

To empower means to what?

Answer 14

enable and to help people develop a sense of self confidence

Question 15

What are the four dimensions of empowerment?

Answer 15

1. a sense of self efficacy
2. a sense of self determination
3. a sense of personal consequence
4. a sense of meaning
5. a sens of trust

Question 16

Can you be forced to be empowered?

Answer 16

No

Question 17

What is self efficacy?

Answer 17

the feeling that you possess the capability and competence to perform a task successfully.

Question 18

Some believe the most important dimension of empowerment is?

Answer 18

Self efficacy

Question 19

Self efficacy has been found to be a significant factor in overcoming what?

Answer 19

phobias, anxieties, alcohol, drug abuse, eating disorders, smoking addiction, depression, and increasing tolerance for pain

Question 20

Bandura suggested three conditions are necessary for people to feel a sense of self efficacy. What are they?

Answer 20

1. a belief that they have the ability to perform a task
2. a belief that they are capable of putting forth the necessary effort
3. a belief that no outside obstacles will prevent them from accomplishing the task

Question 21

What is self determination

Answer 21

a sense of having choices. To experience a sense of choice in initiating and regulating one’s own actions

Question 22

Self determination is associated mot directly with having choices about what?

Answer 22

1. methods used to accomplish a talk
2. the amount of effort to be expended
3. the pace of the work
4. the time frame in which it is to be accomplished

Question 23

What is personal consequence?

Answer 23

The idea that the individuals beliefs at a given point in time in his or her ability to effect a change in a desired direction. A sense of control that you can have an impact

Question 24

What is active control?

Answer 24

bringing your environment into alignment with your wishes

Question 25

What is passive control?

Answer 25

bringing your wishes into alignment with environmental demands

Question 26

What does having a sense of personal consequence related to?

Answer 26

Internal locus of control

Question 27

What is having a sense of meaning?

Answer 27

People who value the purpose or outcomes of the activity in which they are engaged.

Question 28

What is having a sense of trust?

Answer 28

Feeling confident that you will be treated fairly and equitably

Question 29

What is the main point about fostering the five attributes of empowerment?

Answer 29

it produces positive outcomes

Question 30

How many prescriptions for fostering empowerment are there?

Answer 30

9

Question 31

What do the prescriptions do?

Answer 31

Help produce a sense of competence, choice,, impact, value, and security

Question 32

What to the prescriptions include?

Answer 32

1. articulating a clear vision and goals 2. fostering personal mastery experiences 3. modeling 4. providing support 5. creating emotional arousal 6. providing necessary information 7 providing necessary resources 8. connecting to outcomes 9. creating confidence

Question 33

What relationships between dimensions and prescriptions for empowerment exists for self efficacy (competence)?

Answer 33

1. personal mastery experiences 2. model 3. Provide information

Question 34

What relationships between dimensions and prescriptions for empowerment exists for self determination (choice)?

Answer 34

1. Vision and values 2. Provide information 3. Provide resources 4. connect to outcomes

Question 35

What relationships between dimensions and prescriptions for empowerment exists for Personal consequence (impact)?

Answer 35

1. Vision and Values 2. Personal mastery experiences 3. Provide resources 4. Connect to outcomes

Question 36

What relationships between dimensions and prescriptions for empowerment exists for Meaningfulness (Value)?

Answer 36

1. Vision and Values 2. Provide Support 3. Emotional arousal

Question 37

What relationships between dimensions and prescriptions for empowerment exists for Trust (security)

Answer 37

1. Model 2. Provide Support 3. Create confidence

Question 38

What did Bandura find about the single most important thing you can do to empower other people?

Answer 38

To help them experience personal mastery over some challenge or problem

Question 39

What is the key to fostering personal mastery experiences?

Answer 39

The key is to start with easy more desirable goals

Question 40

What is modeling?

Answer 40

Demonstrating the correct behavior