Empowerment will enhance organizational effectiveness under all the following conditions EXCEPT:
A)sincere efforts to spread power and autonomy to lower levels.
B)commitment to maintain participation and empowerment.
C)systematic efforts to empower workers.
D)renewed concentration of authority in the hands of top managers.
E)increased commitment to training.

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Empowerment will not enhance organizational effectiveness if there is a renewed concentration of authority in the hands of top managers. This would undermine efforts for power and autonomy to be spread to lower levels and there would not be a commitment to maintaining participation and empowerment. Therefore, option D is the exception.

Empowerment Will Enhance Organizational Effectiveness Under All the Following Conditions