[Table of Contents | Overview | Awards for Quality | Empowerment | Role of Management, General -- Strategic Planning | Rewards & Appraisals -- Organization & Structure -- Training | Implementation, General -- Assessment & Eval. -- Process Improvement -- Reasons for Failure | Tools & Techniques, General -- Benchmarking -- ISO 9000 & QFD -- Statistical Process Control | Teams & Groups | Case Studies | Quality In: Education | Quality In: Government, General -- Department of Defense, U.S. | Quality In: Customer Service -- Library & Information Service]
American Society for Training and Development. Basics of Employee Empowerment. Alexandria, VA, American Society for Training and Development, 1991. 12 p.
Book call no.: 658.312404 A5121 no.9105
American Society for Training and Development. How to Delegate. Alexandria, VA, American Society for Training and Development, 1990. 12 p.
Book call no.: 658.312404 A5121 no.9011
Byham, William C. and Cox, Jeff. HeroZ: Empower Yourself, Your Coworkers, Your Company. New York, Harmony Books, 1994. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 650.1 B993h
Byham, William C. Zapp! in Education: How Empowerment Can Improve the Quality of Instruction, and Student and Teacher Satisfaction. New York, Fawcett Columbine, 1992. 1 vol.
Book call no.: 371.201 B993z
Byham, William C. and Cox, Jeff. Zapp: The Lightning of Empowerment: How to Improve Productivity, Quality, and Employee Satisfaction.. New York, Fawcett Columbine, 1988. 191 p.
Book call no.: 650.13 B993z
Cotton, John L. Employee Involvement: Methods for Improving Performance and Work Attitudes. Newbury Park, CA, Sage, 1993. 310 p.
Book call no.: 658.314 C851e
Foy, Nancy. Empowering People at Work. Brookfield, VT, Ashgate Pub, 1994. 268 p.
Book call no.: 658.4036 F796e
Gilbert, G. Ronald and Nelson, Ardel E. Beyond Participative Management: Toward Total Employee Empowerment for Quality. New York, Quorum Books, 1991. 244 p.
Book call no.: 353.00172 G464b
Leatherman, Richard W. Quality Leadership Through Empowerment: Standards of Leadership Behavior. Amherst, MA, HRD Press, 1992. 396 p.
Book call no.: 658.4092 L438q
McDermott, Robin E. and others. Employee Driven Quality: Releasing the Creative Spirit of Your Organization Through Suggestion Systems. White Plains, NY, Quality Resources, 1993. 243 p.
Book call no.: 658.562 M134e
Oakley, Ed and Krug, Doug. Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1993. 263 p.
Asking vs Telling, pp 123-136.
The Ultimate Empowerment Tool, pp 137-166
Book call no.: 658.4092 O11e
Pfeffer, Jeffrey. Competitive Advantage Through People: Unleashing the Power of the Work Force. Boston, Harvard Business School Press, 1994. 281 p.
Book call no.: 658.314 P524c
Plunkett, Lorne C. and Fournier, Robert. Participative Management: Implementing Empowerment. New York, Wiley, 1991. 273 p.
Book call no.: 658.3152 P737p
Roberts, Harry V. and Sergesketter, Bernard F. Quality Is Personal: A Foundation for Total Quality Management. New York, Free Press, 1993. 169 p.
Book call no.: 658.562 R644q
Scott, Cynthia D. and Jaffe, Dennis T. Empowerment: A Practical Guide for Success. Menlo Park, CA, Crisp Publications, 1991. 90 p.
Book call no.: 658.314 S425e
Sibson, Robert E. Maximizing Employee Productivity: A Manager's Guide. New York, American Management Association, 1994. 198 p.
Book call no.: 658.314 S564m
Stewart, Aileen M. Empowering People. London, Pitman Publishing, 1994. 186 p.
Book call no.: 658.4036 S849e
Vogt, Judith F. and Murrell, Kenneth L. Empowerment in Organizations: How to Spark Exceptional Performance. San Diego, CA, University Associates, 1990. 246 p.
Book call no.: 658.314 V886e
Vroom, Victor H. and Jago, Arthur G. The New Leadership: Managing Participation in Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1988. 244 p.
Book call no.: 658.3152 V984n
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Federal Quality Institute (U.S.). Employee Involvement and Quality Management in the Federal Government. Washington, Jul 1993. 64 p.
Divided into three parts: 1) The Components of Employee Involvement, 2) Steps to Increase Employee Involvement, and 3) Summary and Conclusion (includes lessons learned)
Doc. call no.: M-U 43958-8
Hatton, Jay L. (Capt, USMC). Bridging the Motivation Gap: Empowerment in Total Quality Settings. Monterey, CA, Dec 1993. 82 p. (Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Thesis)
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 H366b
Hotchkiss, Thomas O. H. (Maj, USAF). Empowerment: The Key to Successful Implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM). Maxwell AFB, AL, 1991. 16 p. (Air University (U.S.) Professional Military Comptroller Course. Student report )
Doc. call no.: M-U 42445-2 H832e
Newton, Mary Beth LCDR USN. Effective Leadership Through Empowerment: A Case Study. Monterey, CA, Jun 1993. 78 p. (Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Thesis)
Divided into seven chapters, it offers a leadership model consistent with TQL (total quality leadership) principles, especially empowerment. Also offers a chapter defining the Navy's Total Quality Leadership
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 N565e
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Blanchard, Kenneth. Self-Evaluation Nurtures Independence and Empowerment at Work. Total Quality Newsletter 4:7 Aug '93.
Burns, Greg. The Trouble with Empowerment. Quality Digest 14:47-49 Feb '94.
Carroll, Douglas (Maj, USAF). Empowerment...Making It Work for You. Quality Exchange 1:7 Fall '93.
Chamberlain, Doni. Teams and Unions: Avoiding Legal Risks. Quality Digest 14:35-38+ Apr '94.
Dobbs, John H. The Empowerment Environment. Training & Development 47:55-57 Feb '93.
Discusses the ways an organization can create the right conditions for empowerment.
Donovan, Michael and Bond, David. Empowering Self-Managing Work Teams. Quality Digest 14:34-39 Mar '94.
Discusses the elements of the STAR system which is a plan for managing empowerment complete with measures, feedback mechanisms, and defined roles
Edosomwan, Johnson A. People: The Key to Continuous Quality Improvement. Quality Observer 2:9 Sep '93.
Employee Involvement: Speed & Fairness Add Credibility to Floundering Suggestion Systems. Total Quality Newsletter 4:4 Dec '93.
Empowerment. TQM Magazine 5:entire issue Jun '93.
Offers fourteen articles concerned with employee empowerment.
Greenlaw, Mary. Do Teachers Really Want to Be Empowered? Contemporary Education 64:119-122 Winter '93.
Helton, B. Ray. Empowerment and Training. Quality Observer 2:5 May '93.
Holpp, Lawrence. Applied Empowerment. Training 31:39-44 Feb '94.
Offers 'a practical guide to sharing power and responsiblity with front-line workers'. Includes several graphs: The Empowerment Continuum, The Boundary Diagram, and The Team Development Planning Matrix
Hotchkiss, Thomas O. H. Maj. Empowerment: The Key to Successful Implementation of Total Quality Management. Air Force Comptroller 27:4-7 Jul '93.
How to Make Extraordinary Effort the Rule Rather than the Exception. Total Quality Newsletter 5:1-3 Feb '94.
Hoye, Jeff and Tupper, Tim. Empowerment: The Results of a 500-Year Experiment. Quality Digest 14:48-51 Mar '94.
Uses the Roman Empire as a role model for empowerment.
Kruse, Kevin A. Making Employees Part of the Plan. Security Management 37:117-119 Sep '93.
Laabs, Jennifer J. Linking TQM and Employee Empowerment Saves Money and Improves Processes. Personnel Journal 72:21+ Sep '93.
Presents strategies to empower employees
Levinson, Marc. Playing with Fire. Newsweek 121:46-48 Jun 21 '93.
Several U.S. firms' experiences with participatory management are discussed
McKenna, Joseph F. Empowerment Thins a Forest of Bureaucracy. Industry Week 242:64 Apr 5 '93.
In 1989, the U.S. Forest Service approved the use of quality-management techniques throughout its system, and it is showing how worker empowerment leads to better customer service
Millar, Ian. It's a Case of Quality. TQM Magazine 5:31-36 Oct '93.
'For quality to become a company's natural way of working it needs to be accepted by everyone. By utilizing its people, J.I. Case turned itself around'
New Era of Labor Relations. Quality Progress 26:50+ Sep '93.
Offers four articles by union presidents (Jack Sheinkman of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Mort Bahr of the Communication Workers of America, Owen Bieber of the United Auto Workers, and Lynn Williams of the United Steel Workers of America). Each union president discusses current quality initiatives between their unions and such companies as AT&T, Ford, Xerox, and National Steel.
Overcoming Cynicism: How to Keep Bad Attitudes from Dragging Down Quality. Total Quality Newsletter 4:1-3 Dec '93.
Includes an inset titled, How Pervasive Is Cynicism in Quality Intiatives, which mentions two employee attitude studies.
Quality Demands Careful Balance of Competition, Cooperation. Total Quality Newsletter 4:1-3 Nov '93.
Reich, Robert and Copening, Linda. Empowerment Without the Rhetoric. Quality Progress 27:35-37 Jun '94.
The Labor secretary and a union leader explain the progress of partnership at the U. S. Department of Labor
Ryan, John. Employees Speak on Quality in ASQC/Gallup Survey. Quality Progress 26:51-53 Dec '93.
Survey results show team-based activities and empowerment attitudes are becoming a fairly common way of working
Simmerman, Scott J. Achieving Service Quality Improvements. Quality Progress 26:47-49 Nov '93.
Discusses the need for vision, commitment, and empowerment and how apathetic employees affect quality
Stone, Wayne G. (Maj, USAF). Empowerment: Keeping the Promise of the Total Quality Revolution. Air Force Journal of Logistics 17:18-22 Summer '93.
Taylor, David L. and Ramsey, Ruth Karin. Empowering Employees to 'Just Do It'. Training & Development 47:71-76 May '93.
Testing Teams' Legality: Teams, Unions Nudge for Space on Narrow Workplace Floor. Total Quality Newsletter 4:6 Jun '93.
Recent National Labor Relations Board rulings cloud the boundaries between teams and organized labor.
Truesdell, Jim. Temporary Employees and the Quality Process. Quality Observer 2:3-4 Oct '93.
Worker Participation: Teams Seem the Way to Go, but Many Companies Slow to Believe. Total Quality Newsletter 4:1-4 Jan '94.
Reviews the current state of participative management practices in U.S. business. Includes a graph titled 'Key Questions for Gauging Levels of Employee Participation', an insert on '10 Ways to Undermine Your Work Teams', and information on a ASQC/Gallup survey on employee involvement
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[Table of Contents | Overview | Awards for Quality | Empowerment | Role of Management, General -- Strategic Planning | Rewards & Appraisals -- Organization & Structure -- Training | Implementation, General -- Assessment & Eval. -- Process Improvement -- Reasons for Failure | Tools & Techniques, General -- Benchmarking -- ISO 9000 & QFD -- Statistical Process Control | Teams & Groups | Case Studies | Quality In: Education | Quality In: Government, General -- Department of Defense, U.S. | Quality In: Customer Service -- Library & Information Service]