Autonomy

Examples of Autonomy in the following topics:

• Advantages and Disadvantages of VC Financing

  • While VC financing provides the benefit of significant resources, costs include loss of ownership and autonomy.
  • This results in a partial loss of autonomy that finds venture capitalists involved in decision-making processes.
  • It is important to weigh the benefits of receiving abundant resources against the costs of losing autonomy and ownership.

• Adolescence

  • Adolescents strive for autonomy.
  • According to McElhaney et al., there are three ways in which autonomy can be described:
  • Emotional autonomy is the development of more adult-like close relationship with adults and peers
  • Behavioral autonomy, is the ability to make independent decisions and follow through with them
  • Cognitive autonomy is characterized as the manifestation of an independent set of beliefs, values and opinions

• 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.

• New Federalism and State Control

  • Unlike the eighteenth-century political philosophy of Federalism, the primary objective of New Federalism is some restoration of autonomy and power that the states lost as a consequence of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.
  • How broad a view of state autonomy the Court will take in future decisions remains unclear.
  • How broad a view of state autonomy the Court will take in future decisions remains unclear.

• Differences Between Centrally Planned and Market Economies

  • The key difference between centrally planned and market economies is the degree of individual autonomy.
  • The key difference between the two is the amount of individual autonomy within the two systems.

• Benefits of Innovation

  • Empowering employees to innovate and improve their work processes provides a sense of autonomy that boosts job satisfaction.
  • Managers who promote an innovative environment can see value through increased employee motivation, creativity, and autonomy; stronger teams; and strategic recommendations from the bottom up.

• Job Characteristics Theory

  • Autonomy directly correlates to responsibility for outcomes, and knowledge of the actual results relates to feedback.

• Role of Individual in the Community

  • Every society must address the question (either implicitly or explicitly), "How can the autonomy (or freedom or liberty) of an individual be maintained and at the same time provide for the commonweal (social welfare)?

• The Upper Middle Class

  • The U.S. upper-middle class consists mostly of white-collar professionals who have a high degree of autonomy in their work.
  • In addition to autonomy in their work, above-average incomes, and advanced educations, the upper middle class also tends to be powerful; members are influential in setting trends and shaping public opinion.

• Authority Patterns

  • Parents are more aware of a child's feelings and capabilities and support the development of a child's autonomy within reasonable limits.
  • In these family settings a child's freedom and their autonomy are valued and parents tend to rely mostly on reasoning and explanation.