Autonomy

Examples of Autonomy in the following topics:

• Job Design

  • Autonomy — No one likes being micro-managed, and having some freedom to be the expert is critical to job satisfaction.
  • Giving specialists autonomy to make the right decisions is a win win.
  • Job Enlargement (horizontal) - Zooming out a little, and granting employees the autonomy to assess the quality of their work, improve efficiency of their processes, and address mistakes often empowers satisfaction in the workplace.
  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards - Having autonomy is motivating, but particularly motivating when rewards are granted on the performance level.

• Task Forces

  • One of the biggest differences between the two types of groups is the level of autonomy.
  • Thus, a task force has a high level of autonomy and the members can effectively use their abilities to deal with the task at hand.

• O Tannenbaum and Schmidt

• Employee Responsibility

  • Employees are often empowered and motivated by responsibility, autonomy, and participation in setting their own objectives.

• Principles of Organization Design

• Multinational Firms

  • To compete, political powers push toward greater autonomy for corporations.

• Current approaches to job design

  • Another modern job design theory is the Job Characteristics Model (JCM), which maintains five important elements that motivate workers and performance: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and job feedback.

• Cooperatives

• Styles of Leadership

  • It allows followers a high degree of autonomy and self-rule, while at the same time offering guidance and support when requested.

• Working from Home

  • Harrison found that telecommuting has largely positive benefits for employees and employers, mainly relating to job satisfaction, autonomy, stress, manager-rated job performance, and work-family conflict.