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Description of Bottom-up Approach. Explanation.

Definition Bottom-up Approach. Description.

Bottom-up Approach is a democratic and consultative style of Decision-Making, Organizational Change and Leadership, in which employee participation is promoted at all levels the organization. This approach to leadership is associated with Flat Organization Structures.

Advantages of the bottom-up approach include:

• Participation of employees (this is likely to influence the implementation of the plans in a positive way).

• Motivation of employees.
• Empowerment of Employees - Encourages creativity at lower levels

• Ownership of employees (even if things initially don't work as expected, there is no blaming or pointing of fingers, but instead there is a willingness to be creative and get it right this time).

• Does not require a lot of knowledge at the top level.

• Leverages specialized knowledge which is present in the lower echelons of the organization.

Disadvantages of the bottom-up approach include:

• Complexity (making a decision with just a few people is more simple).

• Time-consuming (making a decision with just a few people will typically be faster).

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