workers participation.ppt

8/10/2019 Workers Participation.ppt

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Mir Sohrab Hossain, Associate Professor, Business Administration Discipline, Khulna University


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Participation is defined as mental and emotional(and physical) involvement of persons in groupsituations that encourage them to contribute togroup goals and share responsibility for them.

-Keith Davis

Participation is used to designate the process bywhich people contribute ideas towards the solution

of problems affecting organization and their jobs.-Dale S. Beach



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Consultative Management:A consultative committee

may be constituted with union leaders and managers.This committee will suggest the top managementregarding the issues.

Democratic Management: A very useful

system/program is the formation of democraticmanagement. This system will discuss the issues timeto time and place its report before the topmanagement.

Production Committee: Production committee cancontribute to report about the existing production leveland future trend. Because, management is eager toknow the latest position.



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Suggestions Program: Suggestions programs

are formal plans invite individual employees torecommend work improvements.

Self-managing Team: It is termed as semi-

autonomous work groups or socio-technical

teams. These teams are given a high degree of

decision making autonomy, they are expected tocontrol their own behavior and results.



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Employee Ownership Plans:employee ownership of

an industry emerges when employees provide thecapital to purchase control of an existing operation.

Quality Circles: These are voluntary groups that

receive training in statistical techniques and problem-solving skill and then meet to produce ideas forimproving productivity and working conditions.

Total Quality Management (TQM): TQM approachensures the involvement of every employee in theprocess of searching for continuous improvements intheir operations.



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More Productivity Development of

Motivation Increased job

satisfactionQuality of Work Changed Decision Commitment to Goal

Achievement Less Cost and Time Low Turnover

Minimum Absenteeism Cordial RelationshipWork Enthusiasm Increased Creativity Sense of Responsibility Easy Decision Making Development of Morale Increased Capacity &

Influence Positive Work

Environment.



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Union attitudes toward participation: There are two vies on this issue.

Some leaders think that participation may waken their strength tochallenge managementsdecision. Opposite view is that, they can work

better after getting all possible pros & cons.

Limitations of participation: Some factors may came less use of

participation. Lack of higher level support, higher cost, less training,problems at all stages and lack of substantial efforts to employment the

decision are major limitations.

Management involvement: All out supports from management is a

must for every successful participation. For the purpose, managementmust take initiative, train people, create favorable environment, allocate

money etc.



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Lower level workerscannot participate

Lack of confidence

Employeemanipulation

Costly & time

consuming

Feudalistic mentality

Unwillingness of

employeesMore political

involvement

RecklessnessLack of top level

support

Less training

Lack of efforts



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Adequate time toparticipatePotential benefit is

greater than costs

Relevance toemployee interests

Adequate employeeabilities to deal with

the subjectMutual ability to

communicate

No feeling of threat toeither partyFavorable

environment

Top managementcommitment

Sense ofresponsibility

Policy supportCultural heritage of

the organization



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Participation at the

Board levelParticipation through

ownership

Participation through

complete control


staff or works council

Participation throughcollective bargaining

Participation through job

enlargement and job

enrichment

Participation throughSuggestions Schemes


quality circles

Empowered teams

Total Quality

Management


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