Empowerment involves sharing power with subordinates and pushing decision making and implementation to the lowest possible level. This practice increases the influence and autonomy of all employees, often increasing job satisfaction and commitment to the organization's objectives. Furthermore, lower$-$level employees have opportunities to develop new skills, and because their managers delegate more, they too have time to pursue other opportunities. Thus, the workforce is more productive, and its capability grows.

After taking over the IT department, Mila announces to her employees that she wants them to feel empowered to modify project plans without asking permission. They should change priorities and allocate more or fewer hours to programming tasks based on customer needs. Which of the following actions would undermine Mila's empowerment initiative? Check all that apply.

$$ Ensuring that employees have the tools they need to collaborate with each other and evaluate data to support decision making

Rewarding employees openly and personally for good results

Overruling employee decisions when they are not to a manager's liking

Identifying certain employees as part of the in$-$group and give them more autonomy and rewards than other employees