My seven month old has learned to crawl and get a hold of objects he shouldn't be. When I take the object away from him, he throws a fit. Human beings develop a sense of ownership very early in their childhood and it stays with them.
Take away the ownership of a task from an employee, intentionally or worse yet unintentionally, and he or she will no longer have enough motivation to be as productive as he or she could be. Managers for the most part do not intentionally take away the ownership of a task from an employee unless they have a good reason to do so. However, it is quite easy to take the ownership away without realizing it by asking questions, overruling decisions to dictate a style, making decisions about a task without conferring with the employee, and countless other ways.
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