What Is Autonomy

To extract the greatest potential in an employee, a manager needs to place a significant level of faith in that employee’s abilities. People tend to conduct themselves more professionally and efficiently if they feel that it is respect, and not monetary value, that is the reward. Monetary value, such as money, has a finite term of life; in other words, it’s scare and the scenario of it running out is always inevitable. However, the intrinsic valuable commodity, such as respect, that is shown through the degree of autonomy and freedom that is bestowed upon the employee never runs out. When a manager gives the full degree of freedom to his or her employee, they are telling the employee that they’re not only competent enough to perform the tasks, but also, they’re dependable to the point where constant supervision is unnecessary and detrimental. When autonomy is high among employees, the employees feel invigorated from the idea that their …show more content…
Trust is vital component of a properly functioning work group, and once autonomy is displayed in the organization the employees must understand that management trusts them enough to accomplish their tasks independently. The trust, which is shown by management, permeates through the group and encourages group members to display those same level degrees of autonomy that was shown by management. They start trusting one another to accomplish their tasks without the threat of constant supervision. According to Fischer (2015), “members need to be able to trust one another. If organizational leaders have created a climate where members can truly focus on the tasks of the group rather than having to look after their own security and standing in the organization, competition will be lessened and teamwork will increase.” Autonomy must be a high priority in the group to bring about this level of trust and