New book on strategic training for empowerment in the workplace

MANILA, Philippines - Anvil Publishing Inc. and Powerbooks will launch Strategic Training for Empowerment in the Workplace: Principles and Practices on Aug. 23, 5:30 p.m. at Powerbooks, Greenbelt 4.

Edited by Carmerla D. Ortigas, this reference for human resource professionals covers the philosophies and dynamics of empowerment and its current theoretical framework that is valuable for training/ learning specialist. Ortigas is joined by other organizational development experts Maribel F. Aglipay, Maria Victoria T. Cortez and Josephine P. Perez, as authors of the book.

The book, as explained in the preface, “aspires to be of assistance to all non-profit organizations such as school, church, government and government groups, in their important task of developing the human person towards his or her fullest potential, particularly those whose programs attempt to alleviate poverty and empower communities. It highlights the underlying philosophy and dynamics of empowerment as well as the practices of the empowerment process in the field of training and development. It aims to reorient the training and education activities of human development in such a manner that they truly respond to the needs of those individuals and groups who are powerless as well as to those who have committed themselves to sharing their power.”