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Do Co-operatives Lack Co-operation? A Study in the Context of Workers’ Participation in Management
Author(s) : Dr. Deepu Jose Sebastian, Dr. Lishamol TomyVolume & Issue : VOLUME 1 / 2013 , ISSUE 1
Page(s) : 7
Abstract
Workers’ Participation in Management refers to the work structures and relationships within an organisation, which embraces information sharing, work re-organisation, joint consultation, joint decision-making, and self-management. It enables individual employees to influence the decisions concerning their work and work environment. The concept aims at ushering industrial democracy essential for forecasting social justice for industrial employees. The paper is an attempt to throw light on such practices prevailing in the industrial sector in Kerala with special reference to its public sector and co-operative sector industries. It has been an eye opener that the latter, which is an association of workers, lags much behind the former in the matter of effectiveness of workers’ participation in management.
Keywords
Workers’ Participation in Management, Co-operative Sector, PISOOLIP, Productivity, State Public Sector
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