درجة التمكين و دورها في تعزيز الثقافة القوية في المنظمة

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed to identify the degree of empowerment and its role in promoting a strong culture. This study depends on Daft classification of empowerment degrees: Business redesigning, encouraging workers proposals, Decision making participation, Team formation, Full empowerment. It also shows how the aforementioned factors affect the dependent variable (Strong culture). In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive and analytical approaches were used, Where reliance on the questionnaire as a tool for gathering data and testing hypotheses of the study. Therefore, it was distributed to a stratified sample of the Maintenance Directorate workers in Laghouat. One hundred sixty nine questionnaires were distributed. One hundred fifty eight questionnaires were retrieved, and after reviewing the samples and sorting them, six of them were rejected because of incomplete responses. Results of The study are:  There is a statistically significant effect at the level of significance (α=0.05) for the degrees of empowerment: Business redesigning, encouraging workers proposals, Decision making participation, Team formation, Full empowerment onto promoting strong culture, and the most influential degree of culture is the degree of full empowerment.  There are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance )α=0.05) of full empowerment attributed to gender, age, and seniority of the worker.  There are statistically significant differences at the level of significance )α=0.05) of full empowerment attributed to the educational level and the functional level of the worker.  There are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance )α=0.05) of the strong culture attributed to gender, age, educational level, functional level, and seniority of the worker. The study concluded a set of recommendations aimed at emphasizing the importance of empowering workers at lower levels, and development of their managerial skills. This is to promote the strength of the Directorate's culture.  Key words: Business redesigning, Encouraging workers proposals, Decision making participation, Team formation, full empowerment, Strong culture, the Maintenance Directorate in Laghouat.