Problem
Lack of worker participation in business decision-making
Other Names:
Lack of participation in management Nature:
Although psychologists have advised against it, owners and managers of enterprises and bureaucrats in government have continued to restrict workers' participation in decisions that affect them directly. The typical result is demotivation or alienation of the worker, decreased productivity and increased costs. Incidence:
A number of recent decentralization programmes to distribute decision making downwards have been made in Socialist countries, particularly in the agricultural sectors. However, decisions require both information and the skill to use it, and the educational infrastructures have proven too weak to support the initial reforms. Broader Problems:
Undemocratic policy-makingCollapse of corporate engagement in societyDisengagement of citizens from community activities Aggravates:
MismanagementLack of participation in developmentInadequate management-employee communication Strategies:
Providing sufficient worker participation in business decision-makingAbstaining from worker participation in business decision-making References:
Gaudier, Maryse: Workers' Participation in Management: selected bibliography, 1984-1988International Labour Organization: Labour Force Participation and DevelopmentInternational Labour Organization: Personnel Decision-making in Wholly Owned Foreign Subsidiaries and in International Joint Ventures Subject(s):
Social Activity → ParticipationSocial Activity → Workers
Commerce → Business enterprises
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Management → Management
Policy-making → Policy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST