Organizational Participation

Author : Adrian Wilkinson,Paul J. Gollan,Mick Marchington,David Lewin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191607202

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The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations by Adrian Wilkinson,Paul J. Gollan,Mick Marchington,David Lewin Pdf

Employee participation encompasses the range of mechanisms used to involve the workforce in decisions at all levels of the organization - whether direct or indirect - conducted with employees or through their representatives. In its various guises, the topic of employee participation has been a recurring theme in industrial relations and human resource management. One of the problems in trying to develop any analysis of participation is that there is potentially limited overlap between these different disciplinary traditions, and scholars from diverse traditions may know relatively little of the research that has been done elsewhere. Accordingly in this book, a number of the more significant disciplinary areas are analysed in greater depth in order to ensure that readers gain a better appreciation of what participation means from these quite different contextual perspectives. Not only is there a range of different traditions contributing to the research and literature on the subject, there is also an extremely diverse sets of practices that congregate under the banner of participation. The handbook discusses various arguments and schools of thought about employee participation, analyzes the range of forms that participation can take in practice, and examines the way in which it meets objectives that are set for it, either by employers, trade unions, individual workers, or, indeed, the state. In doing so, the Handbook brings together leading scholars from around the world who present and discuss fundamental theories and approaches to participation in organization as well as their connection to broader political forces. These selections address the changing contexts of employee participation, different cultural/ institutional models, old/'new' economy models, shifting social and political patterns, and the correspondence between industrial and political democracy and participation.

Author : Frank Heller,Eugen Pusic,George Strauss,Bernhard Wilpert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191660085

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Organizational Participation by Frank Heller,Eugen Pusic,George Strauss,Bernhard Wilpert Pdf

Team-working, partnership, quality circles, works councils, industrial democracy, empowerment - are they distinct and innovative arrangements or is it a case of new wine in old bottles? In the post war period we have seen numerous forms of organizational participation sometimes as experiments, sometimes as negotiated expediency, and sometimes as hype. Different ideas have emerged from different parts of the world, in different industries, at different times with different objectives. In this book four experienced international analysts take the longer view and look at the changing forms of - and changing debates around - orgnaizational participation. The review an extensive literature of experiments and practical experiences through a critical evaluation of the available data to reach balanced conclusions about the importance and utility of this concept for organizations now and in the future.

Author : Abraham Sagie,Meni Koslowsky
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781452263151

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Participation and Empowerment in Organizations by Abraham Sagie,Meni Koslowsky Pdf

This book traces the origins of worker participation in management and decision making, examines the repertoire of empowerment and participatory techniques as applied throughout the world, and assesses, by means of empirical evidence, their effectiveness in the day to day managerial work. Both theoretical and empirical bases of participation and empowerment are presented and their relationship with leadership, goal setting, and problem solving phenomenon analyzed. The book concludes with a chapter describing a comprehensive model of the dynamics of employee participation and its influence on work outcomes is suggested.

Author : Efthimios Tambouris,Panos Panagiotopoulos,Øystein Sæbø,Maria A. Wimmer,Theresa A. Pardo,Yannis Charalabidis,Delfina Sá Soares,Tomasz Janowski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319450742

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Electronic Participation by Efthimios Tambouris,Panos Panagiotopoulos,Øystein Sæbø,Maria A. Wimmer,Theresa A. Pardo,Yannis Charalabidis,Delfina Sá Soares,Tomasz Janowski Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2016, held in Guimarães, Portugal, in September 5-8, 2016. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The papers reflect completed multi-disciplinary research ranging from policy analysis and conceptual modeling to programming and visualization of simulation models. They are organized in four topical threads: theoretical foundations; critical reflections; implementations; policy formulation and modeling.

Author : Aviad Bar-Haim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780313076299

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Participation Programs in Work Organizations by Aviad Bar-Haim Pdf

Employee participation programs have many faces, many definitions, many forms—and they change all the time. For some people they are meant to solve every problem in the workplace. For others they are ways to reduce resistance to management and its efforts to bring about organizational change. Still others see them as totally redundant and a hindrance to efficency and the implementation of good management practices. To make sense of it all, Bar-Haim integrates—historically, thematically, analytically—the wide but often incoherent knowledge we have about these programs, and in doing so portrays them in a clear, useful, multidimensional manner. The result is a work of scholarship and practical guidance that students, scholars, researchers, and executives will find important, an action-oriented source of vital information. Bar-Haim shows that participation programs in work organizations have always attempted to solve three basic human problems, problems stemming from industrial democracy and equality, work alienation, and occupational and managerial effectiveness. To do this he uses a rare multidimensional technique. He describes and analyzes the processes and behavior of participation, participants, and organizational forms using a a variety of conceptual and theoretical frames drawn from the social and management sciences. He enhances our understanding of participation programs on micro and macro levels, and then provides practical guidelines from the real-world experience of other scholars and executives. Among the several ironies he discovers are that the roles of enthusiasts, opponents, and skeptics changed during the course of a jubilee of these programs. By integrating a large body of research and suggesting a formal model to evaluate existing employee programs and projected ones, his book attempts to ease the enigmatic ambivalence we have toward worker participation in general. In fact, he shows that by better understanding the dynamics of participation programs, it is possible for those who desire such programs to create, construct, and maintain better ones.

Author : Stephen Toulmin,Stephen Edelston Toulmin,Björn Gustavsen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789027217721

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Beyond Theory by Stephen Toulmin,Stephen Edelston Toulmin,Björn Gustavsen Pdf

Action Research is one of the most practical and down-to-earth ways of doing research into working life. Beyond Theory draws on examples and actual cases to discuss action research within the framework of the modern, and postmodern, theory of science debate. While action research has been much criticized by the traditionalists, the book reflects a convergence between action research and positions emerging out of the critique of scientific traditionalism. Discussions between these two fields of knowledge, originally so very different, can enrich both. The book will be useful not only to researchers and academics but to anyone who is interested in the role and use of knowledge in social and organizational development.

Author : D. Altschuler,J. Corrales
Publisher : Springer
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137271846

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The Promise of Participation by D. Altschuler,J. Corrales Pdf

To what extent does participation in one particular domain of public life lead to wider participation in other areas? Through the use of an unprecedented survey supported by case studies this book explores how participatory governance in community-managed schools can alter the civic and political behaviour of participants.

Author : Nancy C. Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317458814

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The Age of Direct Citizen Participation by Nancy C. Roberts Pdf

Citizen involvement is considered the cornerstone of democratic theory and practice. Citizens today have the knowledge and ability to participate more fully in the political, technical, and administrative decisions that affect them. On the other hand, direct citizen participation is often viewed with skepticism, even wariness. Many argue that citizens do not have the time, preparation, or interest to be directly involved in public affairs, and suggest instead that representative democracy, or indirect citizen participation, is the most effective form of government. Some of the very best writings on this key topic - which is at the root of the entire "reinventing government" movement - can be found in the journals that ASPA publishes or sponsors. In this collection Nancy Roberts has brought together the emerging classics on the ongoing debate over citizen involvement. Her detailed introductory essay and section openers frame the key issues, provide historical context, and fill in any gaps not directly covered by the articles. More than just an anthology, "The Age of Direct Citizen Participation" provides a unique and useful framework for understanding this important subject. It is an ideal resource for any Public Administration course involving citizen engagement and performance management.

Author : Frank A. Heller,Eugen Pusic,George Strauss,Bernhard Wilpert
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198288514

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Organizational Participation by Frank A. Heller,Eugen Pusic,George Strauss,Bernhard Wilpert Pdf

Team-working, partnership, quality circles, works councils, industrial democracy, empowerment - are they distinct and innovative arrangements or is it a case of new wine in old bottles? In the post war period we have seen numerous forms of organizational participation sometimes asexperiments, sometimes as negotiated expediency, and sometimes as hype. Different ideas have emerged from different parts of the world, in different industries, at different times with different objectives. In this book four experienced international analysts take the longer view and look at the changing forms of - and changing debates around - orgnaizational participation. The review an extensive literature of experiments and practical experiences through a critical evaluation of the available data to reach balanced conclusions about the importance and utility of this concept for organizations now and in the future.

Author : Robert Adams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137050533

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Empowerment, Participation and Social Work by Robert Adams Pdf

Now in its fourth edition, completely revised and updated, this book continues to offer in-depth coverage spanning both conceptual debates about empowerment and a range of practice issues. The text provides social workers with a clear framework for critical and empowering practice with service users and carers. The author offers an account of the development of empowerment and participation in practice, considering all dimensions, from work with individuals and groupwork, through to organisational, community and political aspects. The clarity and accessibility, as well as new examples reflecting varied global contexts and material on empowering children and adults, make it an essential resource at all levels of study. New to this Edition: - Strong emphasis on the needs of service users and a clear focus on how social workers may encourage service user and carer prticipation - Internationally diverse case studies and practice examples, reflecting global concerns as well as the changing service and practice terrains in the UK - New and extended material on empowering children and adults

Author : Sondra Z. Koff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351528450

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Citizen Participation in Non-profit Governance by Sondra Z. Koff Pdf

Nonprofit organizations, their governing structures, boards of directors, and their newest constituency, members who represent the public at large, are the subject of this book. In recent years, new mechanisms have been developed to link citizens with government and with diverse policy-making entities. Earlier, it was assumed that citizens had little interest in policy deliberations, and responsibility for public needs was best left to the experts. Many citizens now believe that they have a legitimate right to infl uence how power is exercised in public organizations. Koff constructs a demographic profi le of public members, their activities, and their opinions about board membership. She also catalogues the perspectives of executive directors about public members, identifi es specifi c problems related to public participation, and suggests strategies to help resolve them. How effectively these bodies perform, and how well they respond to the public, are in part determined by the talents and activities of their members. All of these members, especially public members, need appropriate tools to be able to perform in a superior fashion. Despite the importance of governing bodies to an organization's performance, there has been little examination of board members in general and specifi cally of public members. This is the first book-length study on the subject.

Author : Abraham Sagie,Meni Koslowsky
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761907350

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Participation and Empowerment in Organizations by Abraham Sagie,Meni Koslowsky Pdf

This book traces the origins of worker participation in management and decision making, examines the repertoire of empowerment and participatory techniques as applied throughout the world, and assesses, by means of empirical evidence, their effectiveness in the day to day managerial work. Both theoretical and empirical bases of participation and empowerment are presented and their relationship with leadership, goal setting, and problem solving phenomenon analyzed. The book concludes with a chapter describing a comprehensive model of the dynamics of employee participation and its influence on work outcomes is suggested.

Author : Donald L. Anderson
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781506363929

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Organization Development by Donald L. Anderson Pdf

Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change, Fourth Edition offers a comprehensive look at individual, team, and organizational change, covering classic and contemporary organization development techniques. Today's practitioners seek a solid foundation that is academically rigorous, but also relevant, timely, practical, and grounded in OD values and ethics. In this bestselling text, author Donald L. Anderson provides students with the organization development tools they need to succeed in today’s challenging environment of increased globalization, rapidly changing technologies, economic pressures, and evolving workforce expectations.

Author : Frank Alexander Heller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Management
ISBN : 1383017603

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Organizational Participation by Frank Alexander Heller Pdf

In this text, four experienced international analysts look at the changing forms of - and changing debates around - orgnanizational participation.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : United States
ISBN : PURD:32754077976573

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United States Participation in the International Criminal Police Organization by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law Pdf