Empowering Leadership and Employee Development in Regional Public Institutions: Evidence from Satpol PP Tulungagung, Indonesia
Keywords:
Empowering Leadership, Employee Development, Public Administration, Human Resource Empowerment, Organizational Effectiveness, Local GovernmentAbstract
This study was conducted with the aim of knowing how the implementation of leadership in the perspective of empowerment theory towards employee development in SATPOL PP Tulungagung. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative. The method of data collection by conducting observations and interviews with employees at the SATPOL PP office of Tulungagung Regency. After the data was collected and analyzed, the results of the study were obtained, namely that it can be concluded that the leader of Satpol PP Tulungagung Regency applies empowerment theory, where this is proven by the delegation of authority by the leader of SATPOL PP to his subordinates, but the leader of SATPOL PP still controls and remains involved in supervising the implementation of delegated tasks. In order to provide career development opportunities for SATPOL PP members. And SATPOL PP members are also expected to be able to weigh all the risks and consequences of decisions taken so that they can produce the best decisions to maintain security and order in Tulungagung. With Self-Directed Decision Making. And the leader of Satpol PP provides training, guidance, and mentoring to SATPOL PP members in order to improve innovation skills in carrying out daily tasks. And the leader of the SATPOL PP also involves the ability of SATPOL PP members to identify and analyze emerging problems, plan steps to resolve them, and evaluate the results of the decisions taken.
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