Organizational Participation: Myth and Reality / Edition 1

by Frank Heller, Eugen Pusic, George Strauss, Bernhard Wilpert

Overview

Team-working, partnership, quality circles, works councils, industrial democracy—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—organizational participation. They 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198293781
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/03/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

About the Author

Tavistock Institute for Human Relations

Zagreb University

University of California, Berkeley

Technische Universitat, Berlin

Table of Contents

Introduction1. An Overview2. Organizational Participation: A View from Psychology3. Organization Theory and Participation4. Collective Bargaining, Unions, and Participation5. Playing the Devil's Advocate: Limits to Influence Sharing in Theory and Practice6. Participation WorksIf Conditions are Appropriate7. Myth and Reality: Valediction